BY C. F. AXCEY. 375 



body whorl, which is, as Mr. Smith reiiicarks, an individual rather 

 than specific character. 



Log. — (German'?) New Guinea, ^/^Ve 0. Staudinger. 



Judging from its affinities, Mr. Smith declared it to come from 

 New Guinea; this statement is confirmed here. 



2. Papuina Tuomensis, n.sp. 

 Helix Tuomensis, Bttg., Cat. Staudinger (unpublished?). 



(Plate XXVI., Fig. 3.) 



Testa imperforata, depresso-conica, subtrochiformis, sat tenuis, 

 nitida, superne tenuissime spiraliter striata, prope aperturam lineis 

 obsoletis et parum regularibus, antrorsum oblique descendentibus 

 exarata, suljtus lineis spiralibus undulatis exiliter rugosa. Spira 

 late conica, summo Inevi, obtuso, concolore. Anfractus 41, convexi, 

 sutura lineari, parum impressa; ultimus magnus, rotundatus, initio 

 vix subangulatus, infra convexus, antice breviter et subito deflexus. 

 Apertura obliqua, sinuata, diagonalis, nigrolimbata, margine 

 supero sinuato, turn extus impresso et interne late subtuberculato, 

 extero obtuse rostratim producto, columellari lato, appresso, oblique 

 in lineam rectam inflexo, ad linem obsolete tuberculifero. Peri- 

 stoma reflexum, nigrum (pariete aperturali albo). Supra griseo 

 albida, dehinc in penultimo anfractu alba, deinde flavida, circa 

 umbilici regionem albescens. Ultimus anfractus atro-castaneo 

 bizonatus in medio, zona supera in penultimo prolongata, prseteria 

 fascia exiliore suturali ejusdem coloris exornatus. 



Diam. maj. 23 J, min. 18|^, alt. 15 mill. 



Var. HETEROCHROA. 



(Plate XXVI., Fig. 4.) 



Paulo minor (diam. maj. 221, ^^Qin. 18|, alt. 15 J) et giobosior, 

 lineis tantum incrementi obliquis obsolete striatula, multo nitidior, 

 micans; superne pulchre roseo-purpurea; ultimus anfractus laste 

 flavidus medio basique albicans, praeter vestigium fasciae suturalis 

 et maculis duabus castaneis prope aperturam efasciata, his, sicut 



