42 THE NAUTILUS. 



DESCRIPTION OF A LAND SHELL FROM SOUTH AMERICA. 



BY C. F. ANCEY. 



Eurytus Couturesi. Anc. 



Testa ovata, tenuiuscnla, subimperforata, nitidnla, sub epidermide 

 tenui virenti vel luteo-fusca, plus niinusve decidua, sordide purpurea. 

 Spira brevis, obtusa., apice fusco-purpurea, ad summum rotundate sub- 

 conoidea. Anfractus 4, celeriter crescentes, convexiusctili, sutura 

 impn ssa, striis incrementi notati et minute granulati ; penultimus 

 ad dextram tumidnlus ; ultimus post mediam partem longe deflexus, 

 malleatus et minutissime granulosus, striis ad suturam pliculosis. 

 Apertura fere vertical!?, irregulariter ovalis, siiperne angulosa, plica 

 columellari callosn proedita, intus livide purpurea. Peristoma 

 undique revolutum et incrassatum, roseo-purpureum, marginibus 

 callo nitido juuctis, columellari ad insertionem paululum dilatato. 



Long. 38, diam. 22, alt. apert. cum peristomate 22 mill. 



Hab. Bolivia (teste G. Coutures). 



This is more egg-shaped than either E. piilicarius or E. cathcartice, 

 Reeve, which seem to be its immediate allies. In form it resembles 

 E. cardinal-is Pfr., from Quito, but is a smaller and much thinner 

 shell. I have seen two specimens precisely alike, differing only in 

 size ; the larger one, the type, is in my collection. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW ASIATIC SPECIES. 



BY C. F. ANCEY. 



1. Limicolaria oviformis, Anc. 



Testa obtecte minuteque rimata, obtuso-oblonga, solida, opacula, 

 nitida, sub epidermide decidua pallide stramineo-lutescente, griseo- 

 lactea strigisque pallide fuscis exilibusque in medianis aufractibus 

 variegata vel flammulata. Spira oblonga, relative parum attenuata, 

 apice valde obtusa. Anfractus 7 convexi, regulariter et lente cres- 

 centes, sutura satis impressa, subirregulari ; striis incrementi aliisque 

 spiralibus paulo inter se distantioribus regulariter decussata ; ultimus 



