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Biledjik (Dr. K. Escherich) ; Smyrna (Krueper) ; Phineka, 

 Elniali, Adalia (Conemenos) and Makri, in Lycia (Rolle) ; 

 Bulghar-Dagh in Cilician Taurus (Naegele), Ordubad on the 

 Araxes (Leder), and from Razoki near Urmia, Persia (Nae- 

 gele). Other localities for scyphus are given by Germain 

 (Moll. terr. et fluv. Syrie, 1921, p. 331) but we do not know 

 what he understood that species to cover. He was in error 

 in considering turcica a synonym of scyphus. 



Pupa lindermeyeri Parr, was first published by Pfeiffer in 

 the synonymy of P. scyphus (Monographia, ii, 326, 1848). 

 This use of the name should prevent its restriction to the 

 Syrian (Lebanon) form described by Mousson (Mittheil. 

 naturforsch. Ges. Zurich, iii, no. 103, 1854, p. 395; also the 

 rather perplexing notes in Journ. de Conchyl., 1874, p. 32). 



12<7. 0. scyphus var. heterostropha Boettger. From the 

 drift debris of the Sarus river at Adana, Cilicia, the three 

 specimens found are sinistral. Length 7%, diam. 3!/o mm. 

 Two columellar lamella? (Boettger, Nachrbl. d. m. Ges., vol. 

 37, 1905, p. 106). 



126. Orcula scyphus palatalis n. subsp. PI. 3, figs. 5, 6. 



There is fine, sharp striation on the convex whorls of the 

 cone, the later whorls being less sharply striate, smooth in 

 the middle; last whorl tapers downwards, having a flattened 

 or slightly concave zone below the middle. The lip is some- 

 what expanded, with a moderate white thickening within. 

 Parietal callus thin, weakly thickened at the right insertion. 

 Parietal lamella strong, tapering in front, not emerging to 

 the edge, penetrating inward one whorl, but the inner half- 

 whorl is quite low and weak. One rather strong columellar 

 lamella is visible in front, the weak trace of an upper one 

 seen in oblique view in the mouth. Both are very low and 

 oblique on the axis within. A low lower-palatal fold is seen 

 deep in the mouth; it penetrates about one-third of a whorl 

 inward, and corresponds to the external impressed zone 

 mentioned above. Length 8.2, diam. 3.2 mm., 9Vo whorls. 



Sert, Kurdistan, received from 0. Boettger as 0. d. meso- 

 pot arnica Mouss. 



The long lower-palatal fold and the low, subequal spirals 



