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Harpa rosea Lamarck, Anim. Sans Vert., vii., p. 256. 

 ,, ,, Deshayes, Encycl. Method., t. 404, f. 2. 

 ,, ,, Kiener, p. 11, no. 5, pi. v., f. 8, Sa. 

 „ „ Reeve, Conch. Icon. Harpa, no. 8, pi. iv., f. 8 a-d. 

 ,, ,, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., iii., p. 171, pi. 231, f. 6-8. 

 ,, ,, Tryon, Man. Conch., p. 99, pi. xl., f. 66, 67. 

 Habitat : Guinea, Senegal, West Africa. 



It is a matter for great regret that so expressive a name as rosea 

 should fall, and a meaningless almost ' nomen nudum ' take its place. 

 This most elegant species is the brightest coloured of all the Harpce, 

 allied to crenata S\v., as just noticed, and conspicuous for its very 

 light build, produced spire, and suffusion of rose over the whole 

 surface. One very beautiful variety has two transverse dark bands on 

 the body-whorl, contrasting with the colouration on the ribs and the 

 rest of the shell. 



8. — Harpa gracilis Brod. and Sow. 



Harpa gracilis Broderip and Sowerby, Zool. Journ., iv., p. 373. 

 ,, ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Harpa, pi. ii., i. 3 a, b. 



Sowerby, Thes. Conch., iii., p. 171, pi. 233, f. 32, 33. 

 ,, ,, Tryon, Man. Conch., v., p. 99, pi. xli., f. 73. 

 Habitat : Paumotus Is., Annaa Is. ; Society Isles ; Philippines 

 (Hidalgo). 



Much allied to the nty±'{H. minor), but altogether of considerably 

 lighter build, and in that respect assimilating H. rosea (dons'). It has 

 never been questioned as a species, and accordingly I have given it 

 its usual rank: but it might be a variety of the next, as remote on the 

 one hand from the type as, on the other, is H. crassa Morch = 

 solidida A. Ad., which. I will refer to immediately. H. gracilis is more 

 elongate than minor, the painting suffused and rather indistinct, some- 

 times rosy, but often dull drab or livid. 



9. — Harpa minor (Rumph). Lam. 



Harpa minor Rumphius, Mus., t. 32, f. m., 1705. 



„ „ Martini, Conch. Cab., iv., t. 119, f. 1097. 

 Buccinum harpa var. D, Dillwyn, Cat. ii., p. 607. 

 Biucimim harpa var. D, Bruguiere, Diet., no. 9. 

 Harpa amonretta Bolten, Mus. Bolt., p. 150, no. 1877: 

 Harpa minor Lamarck, Anim. Sans Vert., vii., p. 557. 



„ ,, Deshayes, Encycl. Method. Vers, ii., p. 187, no. 3. 



,, „ Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. de I'Astrolabe, Zool., ii., 



p. 620, t. xlii., f. 5-7. 



„ ,, L. C. Kiener, Harpa, p. 10, pi. iv., f. 6, 6a. 



