BY JAMES C. COX, M.D., E.L.S., ETC. 607 



Habitat. Ceylon, Pfeiffer in 1854, Balapiti, Ceylon, G. Neville, 

 Arakan, G. Neville, on the authority of Dr. F. Stoliczka. I have 

 several specimens from New Guinea of this species collected by 

 Mr. Golclie. 



Mr. G. Neville enumerates a variety of this species in his 

 Catalogue, which he suggests is the PyiMa Lessoni, Blainville. 



34*** Pythia tantiieeina, A. Adams. 



Scarabus pantherina, A. Adams, in Pro. Zool. Soc, 1850, p. 152, 

 also in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 2nd Series, viii., p. 70. 



Scarabus pyramidatus. Peeve, Kuster Auriculaca, in Martini 

 and Chemnitz, Conch. Cabinet, 1841, p. 62, pi. 9, fig. 3, 4; 

 Mousson, in Die. Land und Susswasser-Mollusken von Java, 

 1849, p. 49, pi. 5, fig, 10. 



Pythia pantherina, Pfr., in Syn. Auric, No. 92, also Pfr., in 

 Mon. Auric. Viv. 1856, p. 94 ; Pfr., in Brit. Mus. Cat. Auricu- 

 lidse, 1857, p. 71,72; Pfr. in Mon. Auriculaceorum, 1876, p. 

 342 ; Adams, Gen. Eec. Moll., Vol. ii., p. 239-240, 1858. 



Var. B. — Chestnut-coloured with pale spots, Pfeiffer. 



Scarabus petiverianus, of Ferussac, Peeve in Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., Vol. ix. p. 220, pi. 4, fig. 7 ? ; also Peeve in Conch. Syst., 

 Vol. ii., x 51 - 188, fig. 7?; Kuster Auriculacea in Martini and 

 Chemnitz, Conch. Cabinet, 1844, Sp. 4, p. 11, pi. 1, fig. 7 ; A. 

 Adams in Pro. Zool. Soc., 1850, p. 148 ; also A. Adams, in Ann. 

 and Mag. Nat. Hist., 2nd Series, Vol. viii., p. 67. 



Variety V. — Smaller, paler, more slender. 



Pythia pantherina, Piitel Catalogue der Conch. 1873, p. 114; 

 also Pythiasavayensis, Mouss. =Pythia pantherina, A. Ad. same page 



Scarabus pantherinus, Issel, Molluschi Borneensis, 1874, p. 61. 



Variety S. — Pfeiffer, Scarabus uveana, Mousson in Journal de 

 Conch., Vol. xiii., p. 177, 1856, Habitat Nueniona, Graffe, 

 Uvea, Pease, in Pro. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 477. 



