1'l.ACOS TYLUS, FIJI IS. Ill 



Aperture ovate, white or brown- tinted inside; peristome white, 

 well reftexedi the coluniellar margin dilated, encroaching upon the 

 parietal wall ; columella with a moderate or strong and heavily cal- 

 loused fold above. 



Length 51, diam. 25 ; longest axis of aperture 33 mill. 



Length 42. diam. 2<H ; longest axis of aperture 27-| mill. 



Viti I.i'i-n innl (h-nliin Is., Viti grotip, on trunks and foliage of trees 

 ( Garret t). 



Plekoclidliis f/i<ic!Us BROD., P. Z. S., 1840, p. 182. Bulimus ful- 

 guratus JAY, Revue Zool., 1842, p. 80 ; Guerin's Mag. de Zool., 1843, 

 pi. 02. PuiLipi'i, Abbild. u. Beschreib. neuer Conch., ii, p. 10, 

 pi. 3, f. 2. PFR.. Monogr., ii, p. 55 ; iii, 31G ; iv, 378 ; vi, 23 ; viii, 

 34 REEVE, Conch. Icon., pi. 29, f. 175. Gi.n., U. S. Expl. Exped., 

 p. 80, fig. 77. <\lorss., J. de Conchy!., 180"), p. 195. CROSSE, J. 

 de Conchyl., 1804, p. 137 ; 1875, p. 17. GARRETT, Amer. Jo urn. 

 of Conch., 1872, p. 231, pi. 18, f. 1. Placostylus fvlguratm Mous- 

 SON, .1. de Conchyl., 1870, p. 125 SCITMELTZ, Catal. Mus. Goclef- 

 froy v, p. 92. GARRETT, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 180. KOBELT, Con- 

 chyl. Cal)., p. 60, pi. 14, f. 4, 5, G.- Gharis fulguratus FFLD., Verh. 

 Zool.-bot. Ges. AVien, 1869, p. <S74. Otostomus fulguratus SEMPER, 

 Reisen im Archip. Phil., Landmoll., p. 158, pi. 17, f. 10 (teeth). 

 . BuUnnis I'.finiliis REEVE, Conch. System, ii, p. 81, pi. 173, f. 2 

 (1842). 



Bulhnus crossilabrum GARRETT, Amer. Jour. Conch., vii, 1872, 

 p. 233 > pi. 18, f. 5. PER., Monogr., viii, p. 35. CROSSE, J. de 

 Conchyl., 1875, p. 18. Placostylus crassildbrum SCHMELTZ, Catal. 



Mus. Godeffroy v, p. 93 KOBELT, Conchyl. Cab., p. 61, pi. 14, f. 7, 



8 Placosti/liix niyiitus var. crassilabris GARRETT, P. Z. S., 1887, 

 p. 183. 



Bulimus ruf/ottis GARRETT, Amer Journ. Conch, vii, 1872, p. 234, 

 pi. 18, f. 6. CROSSE, J. de C., 1875, p. 18. PFR., Monogr., viii, 

 p. 35 Placostyhts nxjatus SCHMELTZ, Catal. Mus. Godeffroy, vi, 

 p. 81 KOBELT, Conchyl. Cab., p. 126, pi. 31, f. 4, and var. minor, 

 f. 5, 6. GARRETT, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 183. P. vugatus PFR.-CLI: ., 

 Nomencl. Hel. Viv., 1878, p. 217. 



This was the first Vitian Placostylus to be described ; and as tin- 

 name gracilix is pre-occupied in neither Plekocheilus or Placostylus, 

 the propriety of restoring it will be apparent. 



The spiral corrugation, while varying a good deal in degree of 



