592 NOMENCLATURE AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS PYTHIA, 



Pythia abbreviate, Pfr., in Mon. Auric. Viv. p. 85, 1856; Pfr., 

 in Brit. Mus. Cat. Auriculidte, p. 64, 1857; Pfr. in Mon. 

 Auriculaceorum, p. 341, 1876. 



Habitat. Marion de Proce, a small isolated island of the Indian 

 Ocean. 



Pfeiffer who has examined more closely into this genus than 

 any other author, considers this a very doubtful species. 



2*** Pythia acuta, Hombron et Jacquinot. 



Scarabus acuta, Homb. et Jacq., in Zoologio du Voyage au 

 Pole Sud., Vol. v., p. 39, pi. 10, fig. 1—3. 



Pythia acuta, Beck, in Index Mollus., p. 104, 1837, is according 

 to Pfeiffer, Marinula acuta, Orbigny, see Pfr., Mon. Auric. Viv. 

 p. 60, 61, 1856; Pfr., in Mon. Auric. Viv., p. 98, 1856 ; Pfr., in 

 Brit. Mus. Cat. Auric, p. 74, 1857 ; Pfr. in Mon. Auriculaceorum, 

 p. 342, 1876; Pease, in Pro. Zool. Soc. Lon., p. 477, 1871. 



Habitat. Hogolen Islands. Pease, in Pro. Zool. Soc. Lon., p. 

 477, 1871. 



3*** Pythia albovaricosa, Pfeiffer. 



Pythia albovaricosa, Pfeiffer, in Zeitschrift fur Malakazoologie, 

 p. 190, 1853 ; Pfr., in Mon. Auric. Viv., p. 87, 1856 ; in Brit. 

 Mus. Cat. Aurieulidte, p. 66, 1857, by Pfeiffer ; in Pfr's. Synopsis 

 Auriculaceorum in Malak. Blatt. p. 145, i., 1854; in Novitatos 

 Conch, by Pfr., Vol. i., p. 6, pi. iii., fig. 1, 2, 1854—1860 ; II. 

 and A. Adams, Gen. Eecent Moll., p. 240, Vol. ii., 1853—1856 ; 

 in Pfr's. Mon. Auriculaceorum, p. 341, 1876. 



Scarabus albovaricosus, in Reeve's Cone. Icon., Vol. sii., Mon. 

 Scarabus, Sp. 4, pi. i., fig. a. b., 1860. 



Habitat. Island of Celebes, Pfr., in Brit. Mus. Cat. The same 

 locality is given by Eeeve in his Cone. Icon, on the authority of 

 Cuming — should this be correct it is strango that no specimens 

 have found their way into tho Indian Museum at Calcutta, at 



