198 CLAVATOR. 



ing, finely irregularly longitudinally striated, the striae here 

 and there forming tessellated rows and patches, pale olive, 

 lighter towards the apex, mottled with small brown spots and 

 irregular markings, with indications of two paler bands, one 

 below the suture, and the other towards the base of the last 

 whorl ; spire acuminate, somewhat obtuse at the apex ; whorls 

 9, rather convex, the last of equal length with the spire; 

 sutures impressed and slightly crenulate; aperture subovate, 

 one-third the length of the shell, pale violet within; outer 

 lip simple, scarcely thickened at the edge; columella with a 

 slight callous below, a little arcuate towards the base. Alt. 

 3 inches, diam. 11 lines ; length of aperture 1 inch." (Angas] . 



Madagascar. 



Bulimus watersi ANGAS, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 311, pi. 18, f. 1.- 

 Obeliscus ivatersi C. & F., Moll. Madagascar, pi. 22, f. 6. 

 Clavator ivatersi KOBELT, Conchyl. Cab., Buliminid<z, p. 649, 

 pi. 95, f. 1 (after C.&F.). 



"This species is allied to B. obtusatus Gmel., and 

 B. moreleti, Desh., with which, including perhaps B. clavator, 

 Petit and B. balstoni Angas, it combines to form a natural 

 group of Madagascar Bulimi. The specimen from which my 

 description is taken is in the collection of Sir David Barclay." 

 (Angas) . 



4. C. MORELETI (Deshayes). PI. 49, figs. 32, 33, 34, 36. 



"Shell long-turrited, the apex obtuse; closely striate, the 

 striae irregular, frequently anastomosing; tawny, ornamented 

 with narrow wavy brown streaks. Whorls 10, rather con- 

 vex, the last short, ovate, imperforate at base. Aperture 

 ovate, the lip thin, acute ; columella narrow, white, acuminate 

 at its summit and slightly twisted. Length 57, diam. 16 mm." 

 (Desh.) 



Madagascar. 



Bidimits moreleti DESH., in Fer., Hist, ii, p. 114, pi. 154. 

 f. 5 ; 6. PFR., Monogr. iii, p. 397; Conchyl. Cab. p. 183, pi. 40, 

 f. 1, 2. Clavator moreleti Dh., CROSSE et FISCHER, in Grandi- 

 dier, Madagascar, Moll., pi. 22, f. 5, 5a. KOBELT, Conchyl. 

 Cab. p. 653, pi. 99, f. 3, 4, (copy from C. & F.). 



