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Var. pallidior Cr. (fig. 8). Whitish, the apex roseate, columella 

 encircled with black. 



C. MODESTA Sowerby. PI. 17, figs. 28, 29, 30. 



Imperforate, ovate-conoid, rather thin ; lightly striatulate, shining ; 

 white, variously banded with brown or purple-brown, the more con- 

 stant bands being one at periphery, one at the columella, and 

 another, less constant, between them. 



Spire conoidal, obtuse. Whorls 5. Aperture oblique, white and 

 showing the bands inside, the latter not reaching to the lip ; per- 

 istome slightly expanded, of a light reddish-brown color. Columella 

 white. Alt. 25, diam. 20 mill. 



Luzon, Philippines. 



Helix modesta SOWB., P. Z. S., 1841, p. 39. Bulimus hindsi PFR., 

 Symbols, iii, p. 84, 1846. (not B. hindsi REEVE, Conch. Icon.).- 



B. verecundus REEVE, Conch. Icon., t. 12, f. 62. 



A peculiar little shell of a short form, very variable in color- 

 pattern, but like no other species. 



C. BELCHERI Pfeiffer. PI. 8, figs. 45, 46. 



Imperforate, ovate-oblong, solid, smooth ; very light tawny, almost 

 white above, darker tawny below ; having a dark chestnut border 

 below the suture, a band at periphery and a chestnut-black columel- 

 lar tract. Lip expanded, somewhat reflexed, its face and reverse 

 deep brown. 



Spire convex-conoidal, obtuse; whorls 5?. Aperture half the 

 shell's length or somewhat less, ovate, white inside ; peristome 

 expanded, sometimes somewhat reflexed, dark brown. Columella 

 subvertical, white, dilated in a thin spreading callus. 



Alt. 37, diam. 24 mill. 



Alt. 35, diam. 23 mill. 



Philippines. 



Bulimus belcheri PFR., P. Z. S., 1851, p. 261 ; Monogr. iii, p. 

 311 ; Conchyl. Cab. p. 110, t. 34, f. 5, 6.-- -B. hindsi REEVE, Couch. 

 Icon. t. 7, f. 33, not B. hindsi Pfr. 



Resembles narrow forms of C. pictor in the dark lip and in form, 

 but differs entirely in the scheme of color, which is very similar to 

 some patterns of C. phceostyla. The peripheral band is often only 

 faintly sketched or even entirely absent. 



