BY C. F. ANCEY. 377 



Millicentce, Cox, from the Louisiades, which has nearly the same 

 form, but not the same style of colouring. 



3. Papuina Kubaryi, Mollendorff. 

 Helix Kubaryi, von Miill., Cat. Staudinger. 



(Plate XXVI., Fig. 5.) 



Testa imperforata, depresso-conica, subtrochiformi:^, modice 

 solida, subnitida, undique tenuissime rugulosa, rugulis, irregularibus, 

 infra dispositionem spiralem prasbentibus. Spira late conoidea, 

 summo minuto, obtuso, hevi. Anfractus 4J, convexi, sutura 

 lineari impressaque divisi, celeriter accrescentes, ultimus magnus, 

 rotundatus, initio obscure angulatus, infra convexus, antice baud 

 abrupte deflexus. Apertura obliqua, sinuata, extus rostrata 

 (rostro sat minuto, erecto obtuso), nigrolimbata, diagonalis, margine 

 supero leviter lateque sinuato, turn extus subimpresso, dehinc in 

 rostrum prolongato; columellaris appressus, mediocris, oblique in 

 lineam rectam declivis, baud tuberculatus, cum basali arcuato 

 absque angulo junctus. Peristoma supra anguste, basi magis 

 reflexum et expansum, atrum. Paries aperturalis violaceus. 

 Apex nigro-violaceus; anfractus supremi grisei, inferne (ad 

 suturam) late purpurei, penultimus pallide stramineus, punctis et 

 lineis griseo-pellucidis adspersus; ultimus prope aperturam pulchre 

 luteus, pone peristoma carneo-rubellus, seriebus 2 punctorum seu 

 macularum nigrorum in fascias dispositis et plus minusve in 

 penultimo e\'anescentibus egregie picta. Faux fuscula, fasciis 

 tran smeantibu s . 



(a) Diam. maj. 25, min. 19, alt. 16 mill. 



(h) Diam. maj. 23 J, min. 18, alt. 15 mill. 



Var. ALBIDA. 



Testa lactea, concolor, peristomate albo, griseo exiliter rare 

 passimque substrigata vel punctulata, casterum typo simillima. 

 Diam. maj. 25, min. 20, alt. 17 mill. 

 Loc. — (German T) New Guinea. 



