LIMICOLARIA, WEST AFRICA. 



la, Var. ADANSONI (Pfeiffer). PI. 24, figs. 2, 3, 5. 



Shell larger and more glossy, the markings often wider, 

 sometimes confluent on the last whorl. There is often an ill- 

 defined peripheral band. 



West Africa: Senegal. 



Buliius adansoni PFR., Monogr., ii, 179; iii, 384. REEVE, 

 C. Icon., pi. 50, f . 327. Limicolaria a. PFR., Monogr., iv, 582 ; 

 vi, 207. JICKELI, Moll. Nordostafrika, p. 154, pi. 6, f. 3, 4. 

 -KOBELT, C. Cab., p. 59, pi. 19, f. 2, 3Bulimus kambeul 

 DESH. in Fer., Hist., pi. 141 A, f. 1, 2, 5. Bulimus (Limi- 

 colaria} adansoni LEHMANN, Malak. Bl., xi, 1864, p. 48, pi. 

 1, f. 3 (anatomy of specimen said to be from " Cape di 

 Verde Is."). Bulimus ackatinoides and B. xantliolinus 

 ZIEGLER, in coll., teste Pfr. 



7&. Var. ccdilis Fer. PL 23, fig. 49 ; pi. 24, fig. 6. 



Similar to adansoni, but uniform white under a pale yel- 

 low cuticle. Gorea. 



Helix ccdilis FER., Prodr., p. 53, no. 390; Hist., pi. 141 A, 

 f. 4. Limicolaria ccdilis SHUTTLW., Notitice, i, p. 40. Bul- 

 imus ccdilis REEVE, Conch. Icon., pi. 50, f. 328. 



Fig. 49 of pi. 23 is copied from Ferussac's illustration. 



Ic. Var. turns Pfr. PI. 25, figs. 9, 10, 11. 



Much larger than any of the preceding forms, length 114, 

 diam. 43 mm. ; whorls 10. 



Central Africa: source of the White Nile (Petherick). 



Limicolaria turris PFR., P. Z. S., 1861, p. 25, pi. 2, f. 3; 

 Novit. Conch., p. 162, pi. 44, f. 1-3. Acliatina turris Pfr., 

 MARTENS, Malak. Bl., xxi, 1873, p. 38. L. adansoni var., 

 JICKELI, Fauna der Land- und Susswasser-mollusken Nord- 

 ost-Afrika's, p. 154, pi. 6, f. 3, 4. 



Fig. 9 is a copy of Pfeiffer's type figure; 10, 11 are from 

 Jickeli. Kobelt's fig. 1 of pi. 10, Conchylien Cabinet, repre- 

 sents turris. 



7<1. Var. snls1ria.il a Kobelt. PL 18, fig. 99. 



Differs from the type by the almost wholly obsolete sculp- 



