THE NAUTILUS. 45 



DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW CLEOPATRA AND A PISIDITJM. 



BY C. F. ANCEY. 



1. Cleopatra multilirata, Anc. 



Testa fusco-olivacea, indumento ferrugineo tecta, modice sed pro 

 genere aperte perforata, solidula, concolor vel circa umbilicum brun- 

 neo tincta,ovato-turbinata, liris acutis permultis (circa 8-9 in penul- 

 timo, 24-25 in ultimo anfractu) angulata. Spira conoidea, erosa. 

 Anfractus superst. 3^ rotundati, sutura profunda, ultimus latus, 

 ovatus. Apertura ovata, fere recta, superne subangulata, margini- 

 bus callo appresso nitido junctis, columellari vix patulo. Opercu- 

 lum fuscum, extus medio valde concavum, nucleo paucispirato, sub- 

 centrali, attamen propius marginem columellarem sito. 



Long. 9, diam. 7, alt. apert. 5 mill. 



Hab. Vinaninony, Madagascar (teste Ph. Dautzenberg). 



A very distict species quite different from other forms recorded from 

 Madagascar, such as C. amoena, Morelet, C. moniliata, Morelet, C. 

 grandidieri, Crosse et Fischer and C. Trabonjyensis, Smith. All of 

 these but the latter were not correctly located in their proper genus, 

 as the first was referred to Melania, the second to Paludina and the 

 third to Paludomus by the describers. The present species is some- 

 what related to Cl. Trabonjyensis^ but the lirae are much more nu- 

 merous. 



2. Cleopatra Smithi, Anc. 



Testa ovato-acuminata, anguste perforata, subtenuis, flavescens vel 

 flavo-virens, epidermide tenui induta, liris fuscis infra peripheriam 

 ultimi anfractus evanescentibus regulariter exarata. Spira conoidea, 

 truncata. Anfractus circiter 7 convexi, sed haud tumido-ventricosi, 

 superiores, liris 4 cincti, concolores (lires haud coloratis), ultimus 

 ovatus, liris 5-6 aequidistantibus supra insertionem aperturae et ssepe 

 una infra medium cinctus et 2-3 parvulis circa perforationem sculp- 

 tus, inter liras striis increment! conspicuis eximie peraratus, zona 

 peripherica castanea, alteraque circa basin ornatus. Apertura ovalis, 

 superne et infra paulo acuminata, totius testae dimidio multo minor. 

 Peristoma tenue, marginibus callo tenui junctis, columellari simplici, 

 non expanso. 



Long, (testse erosae, 4 anfr.) 11 diam. 7, alt. apert. 5, lat. ejusd. 

 31 mill. 



Hab. River Chozi, which flows into the Chambe'zi, region of lake 

 Bangweolo, British Central Africa (Rev. Fath. M. Guilleme", 1905). 



