PSEUDACHATINA. 



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3a. Var. GRANDINATA Pfr. PI. 3, figs. 7, 8, 9. 



Oblong-turrite, like downesii, from which it differs by hav- 

 ing the surface closely studded with oblong warts, by a break- 

 ing up of the folds. Apex brown. Whorls T 1 /^. Length 79,, 

 diam. 30, length of aperture 31 mm. 



West Africa: Gabun (Walker) ; Kamermi (Cameroon) 

 at Itoki (Sjostedt). 



P. gf'andinata PFR., Malak. Bl., iii, 1856, p. 257; Monogr., 

 iv, p. 598. KOBELT, C. Cab, p. 23, pi. 12, f. 2 (figure of 

 type). P. downesii var. grandinata Pfr., D'AILLY, Bihang, 

 etc, p. 89, pi. 4, f. 4, 5. 



Fig. 7 is copied from Kobelt's figure of Pfeiffer's type. 

 Figs. 8, 9 are from d'Ailly. 



4. P. SODENI Kobelt. PI. 4, figs. 18, 19. 



Thin, very large and richly colored, the sculpture com- 

 posed more of continuous ribs, often forked above and be- 

 low, than of warts. The last whorl measures 44 mm. high 

 behind, is smooth, streaked with brown-red, the streaks not 

 confluent on the base. The columella has only a thin, trans- 

 lucent deposit. Throat livid blue-red, the thin, expanded 

 peristome brownish and only quite lightly thickened within. 

 The columella is not truncate as in typical downesi, but 

 tapers obliquely. A second specimen also in the Berlin 

 museum is thicker, with thicker peristome, more obese, and 

 measures 95 x 46 mm., but otherwise is quite similar. Length 

 95, diam. 44 mm. 



West Africa: Kamerun, at Etome, Batoki and Basse 

 (Dusen) . 



Bulimus dowitisii REEVE, C. Icon, v, pi. 29, f. 177o. 

 Pscndachatina doicncsii v. MART., Monatsber, Berlin, 1876, 

 p. 259, pi. 2, f. 3 (copied in C. Cab, pi. A, f. 1). KOBELT, 

 C. Cab, p. 16, pi. 5, f. 3-6; and var. sodcni, pi. 8, f. 1. P. 

 sodeni Kob, D'AILLY, Bihang, p. 90, pi. 4, f. 6. 



D'Ailly regards this form as a distinct species, pointing 

 out the following characters: The costulation is noticeably 

 coarser and more spaced than in P. doivnesii, with more pro- 

 jecting swellings and nodes. The cuticle is also coarser, and 



