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siderably longer than the aperture. The colour is a deep reddish 

 chestnut, the suture having a marginal band of fulvous white, 

 but without any groove. The apex is blackish; the pillar 

 twisted, and but slightly thickened. 



4. — A. livida, 



A. tettd sinislrorsHjOvata, ohtu$d, livide-fuscd ; spird incra8said,8u{urafuivd. 

 Shell reversed, ovate, obtuse, livid brown, spire thickened, suture fulvous. 



A small, unhanded species, scarcely exceeding half an inch 

 long, and perfectly resembling, in form, the green variety of 

 hulimus citrinus. The three specimens, now before me, are 

 reversed ; varying from a light olive brown, to a livid purplish 

 colour, which lies in longitudinal shades, and gradually changes 

 to white on the terminal whorls of the spire -, the suture is 

 marked by a narrow band of deep fulvous : aperture white, 

 tinged with purple. 



5. — A, hulimo'ides. 



A. testd ovato-ohlongdy subventricosd, albente, fasciis castanets ; spird incras 



satu, apice fusco. 

 Shell ovate oblong, sub-ventricose, whitish, with chestnut bands j spire 



thickened, the lip pale brown. 



Larger than the last, and nearly of the same form ; but the 

 spire is less thickened, and more pointed at the apex. The 

 ground colour, in some specimens, is pale chestnut or ferrugi- 

 nous, banded with darker shades, and another of pure white : 

 in others the upper half of each whorl is whitish, and the lower 

 chestnut, marked by darker bands : the suture is scarcely, if at 

 .all, margined by a groove j the aperture and pillar white. 



Var. ?^ — (rosea.) 



A. testd sinistrorsd, pailide rosed, fasciis albis obsoktis. 

 Shell reversed, pale rose-colour, with obsolete white bands. 



I place this, for the present, as a variety of the last, to which, 

 except in being reversed, it bears a close resemblance in size, 

 form, and general habit. It is entirely of a pale and delicate 

 rose colour, with two obsolete bands of Avhite on the body 

 whorl ; the margin of the lip and columella are of a deeper 

 rose colour, and the aperture white. It should be observed, 

 that the marginal groove, which is scarcely perceptible in the 

 last, is^ in this, very distinct. 



