BY JAMES C. COX, M.D., F.L.S., ETC. 599 



13*** Pythia costulata, Kuster. 



Scarabus costulatus, 3£uster in Martini and Chemnitz, Conchylien 

 Cabinet Mon. Auriculacea 1844, pi. 9, fig. 3. 



Pythia costulata, Pfr. in Synop. Auric, in Malak., Bliitt., p. 119, 

 1854 ; Pfr. in Mon. Auric. Viv. p. 87, 185G ; Pfr. in Brit. Mus. 

 Cat. Auric, p. 65, 1857; Pfr. in Mon. Auriculaceorum, p. 341, 

 1876. 



Habitat. East Indies, Kuster, and Pfr. 



This species is not figured by Eeeve, nor is it mentioned in G. 

 Neville's Hand List of Indian Mollusca, the latter fact throws 

 considerable doubt on the habitat recorded ; it would be interesting 

 to know in what Museum the original type specimens are to be 

 found. 



1 4*** Pythia crassidens, Hombron et Jacquinot. 



Scarabus crassidens, Homb. et Jacq., Zoologie du Voyage au 

 Pol. Sud., Vol. v., p. 40, pi. 10, fig. 12, 13, 14. 



Pythia crassidens, Pfr., in Mon. Auric. Viven., p. 99, 1856 ; 

 Pfr., Brit. Mus. Cat. Auriculidee, 1857, p. 74 ; Pfr. Mon. Auricu- 

 lacea, 1876, p. 343. 



Habitat. Isle of Amboyna, Homb. et Jacq., also the same by 

 Pfr. in Brit. Mus. Cat. 



15** Pythia crosseana, Gassies. 



Scarabus crosseanus, Gassies, in Journal de Conchyliologie, Vol. 

 xviii., p. 144, 1870; in Faune Nouv Caledonic part ii., p. 102, 

 pi. 7, fig. 4, 1873. 



Pythia crosseana, Pfr., in Monographic Auriculaceorum, 1876, 

 p. 339. 



Habitat. Island of Ouvea, Loyalty Islands, Gassies, on the 

 authority of Lambert. 



