254 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



WEST AMERICAN ETJLIMID^. 

 BY EDWARD G. VANATTA. 



Eulima lowei n. sp. K. XI, figs. ;•, 10. 



Shell .«mall, smooth, shiniug, white, one or two median whorls 

 pink tinted from the animal dried within, opaque, spire bending 

 forward, the outline nearly straight in front, convex behind. In 

 the face view the shell appears straight. Apex decollated and 

 .small. Suture impressed, slightly ascending toward the aperture. 

 Ten whorls remaining, the last four each having an impressed 

 varix near the right side. Whorls of the spire a little convex, 

 body whorl slightly and very obtusely angular at the periphery, 

 rather flattened above and below this angulation, base sloping, 

 slightly convex. Aperture trapezoidal-ovate, outer lip thickened, 

 sharp, reversed sigmoid in profile, inner lip angular at the junction 

 of the columella and parietal wall. Columella heavy, concave ; 

 parietal wall with a thin callus, convex. 



Alt. 6 85, diam. 2.66, length of aperture 2.09, breadth of 

 aperture 1.33 mm. 



Long Beach, California. Mr. H. N. Lowe. 



Type in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 No. 57,262 



A compact species resembling E. bistorta, but differs in being 

 bent forward only, not laterally distorted also, in having four 

 varices instead of three and in the stouter, more conic form. 

 It differs from E. thersites Cpr. in having more whorls, and being 

 bent forward and not toward the right. 

 Eulima bistorta "• f=P- PI- XI, fig.s. 7, 8. 



Shell small, smooth, shining, opaque, bluish white, apex yellow 

 tinted, spire bending forward and toward the right, the outline 

 nearly straight on the right side, convex on the left, front outHne 

 nearly straight, rear outline convex. Apex decollated, small. 

 Suture impressed, slighlly ascending toward Ihe aperture. About 

 nine and one-half whorls remaining, of which each of the last 

 three has an impressed varix, thickened behind, on the right side. 



