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parietal wall, one of them beginning at the outer edge, one on 

 the columella, and two, unequal, on the palate, rather far 

 within. The peristome is sharp-edged, not continuous, not 

 thickened, arched outward somewhat, in front of the um- 

 bilicus. Aperture flesh-colored, the folds and peristome 

 white. Alt. 31/2, breadth l 1 /^ lines (Kuester). 



South Africa, Cape Province : in Zoetendals valley, Zwel- 

 lendam district, on plants (Dr. Krauss, type loc.) ; Port 

 Elizabeth (Crawford) ; Gordon's Bay (Connolly) ; St. Helena 

 Bay; Saldanha Bay (Lightfoot) ; widely distributed on the 

 Cape Peninsula, Buffelsfontein (Connolly). British Bechu- 

 analand: Kuruman Moffatt (ace. to Layard). 



Pupa capensis Kurr, KUESTER, Syst. Conch. Cab., Pupa, 



1841, p. 10, pi. 1, f. 19, 20. PFR., Symbolae ad Hist. Hel., ii, 



1842, p. 53; Mouogr. Hel. Viv., ii, 331. Pupa (Fauxulus) 

 capensis (Kurr), MELVILL & PONSONBY, Ann. Mag. N. H. (8), 

 i, 1908, p. 83, with varr. kurri (Krauss) and pottebergensis 

 ( Krauss ).--BURNUP, A. M. N. H. (8), vii, 1911, p. 411.- 

 Jaminea (Fauxulus) capensis (Kurr), CONNOLLY, Ann. S. 

 Afr. Mus., xi, pt. 3, p. 185. 



This species is distributed in numerous forms through the 

 southern part of Cape Colony. The record from Bechuana- 

 land appears dubious. It is distinguished by having five 

 lamellae and plicas in the ochreous aperture and generally an 

 opaque-white or light-colored (bluish or fleshy) shell. 



Fine spiral striae, often very faint, may be seen on the 

 later whorls. The angular and parietal lamellae are parallel, 

 the parietal stouter, higher, and far further within. The 

 columellar lamella is horizontal in front, but its inner end 

 curves upward into the columella. Both palatal plicae are 

 deeply placed, the lower one being longer. 



As in some other Pupillid genera, the length varies far 

 more than the diameter in the same locality, long and short 

 individuals occurring together. This variation is common in 

 Cerion and in fact in most cylindric land shells. 



F. capensis reminds one of Chondrina similis, both having 

 the opaque-whitish exterior and ochreous lining assumed by 

 many land shells which live exposed to strong insolation. 



