LIMICOLARIA, \VEST AFRICA. 2G9 



Columella vertical, very slightly arcuate. Aperture a little 

 oblique, somewhat semi-oval, angulate at the columella, livid 

 within. Peristome simple, unexpanded, the columellar mar- 

 gin vaulted, shortly reflexed. Length 39, diam. 17 mm.; 

 aperture 16 mm. long, 8 wide (Pfr.). 



West Africa (Cuming coll.). 



Bulimus luctuosus PFR., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1851, p. 

 255; Monogr., iii, p. 387; Conchyl. Cab., p. 90, pi. 31, f. 3, 

 4. Limicolaria I. PFR., Monogr., iv, 585; vi, 210. KOBELT, 

 I c., p. 78. 



A shell of peculiarly dark coloration, still known only by 

 Pfeiffer's original account. 



30. L. ^ETHIOPS (Morelet). PL 18, fig. 97. 



Shell perforate, turrite, rather solid, lightly striate; pale 

 tawny ornamented with distinct reddish flammules on the 

 intermediate whorls, confluent on the last two and dark 

 chestnut. Spire turrite, the apex obtuse. Whorls 9-, a little 

 convex, the upper smooth, lower whorls regularly and closely 

 plicate. Aperture nearly vertical, semi-oval, the base an- 

 gular, interior blue ; peristome simple, unexpanded, the colu- 

 mellar margin dilated, reflexed. Length 40, diam. 16 mm. 

 (Morel.}. 



West Africa: Guinea (Morelet). 



Bulimus alliiops MOREL., Journ. de Conchyl., 1864, p. 157. 

 L. (?) ffthiops PFR., Monogr., vi, p. 208. Limicolaria 

 cctliiops MORELET, J. de C., xxxiii, 1885, p. 23, pi. 2, f. 13.- 

 KOBELT, Conch. Cab., p. 67, pi. 20, f. 9 (copy). 



Morelet gives Guinea as the locality in his first notice; 

 Gabim in the second. It is an elongate species of peculiar 

 coloration, consisting of radiating spots of the yellowish 

 ground-color below the suture, contrasting with the chestnut- 

 brown color of the rest of the surface. It is quite solid, and, 

 as Kobelt remarks, not without a tendency towards Homorus. 

 Morelet 's figure is copied. 



31. L. WATIIENENSIS Putzeys. PL 17, fig. 91. 



Shell obtuse, narrowly perforate, conic-turrite, thin, striat- 



