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Partula affinis, Pecase. 



Desc7'iption. — T. elongato-ovata, solidiuscula, baud nitens, 

 compresse umbilicata, dextrorsa ; anfr. 5, plano-convexis, ultimus 

 § longitudinis testas sub^equans, sutura impressa, interdum sub- 

 marginata ; longitudinalitei* tenui rugosim irregulariter striat' 

 transversim minutissime striae ; apertura ovata ; labro angu' - 

 calloso, interdum margine columellari adnato ; columella '!■ v 

 tata; castanea, interdum longitudinaliter straminea strigata, is 

 omnino straminea. 



Var.; fasciis tribus fuscis cingulata. 



Dimensions. — Long. 16, diam. 9 mill. 



Habitat. — Tahiti. 



Shell elongately ovate, rather solid, compressly umbilicate, 

 dextral, finely, roughly and ii regularly striated longitudinally, 

 transversely very minutely striate, sutures impressed^ sometimes 

 faintly marginated ; lip narrowly thickened, occasionally con- 

 nected with the columella by a thin callosity ; columella dentate. 

 Color light or dark chestnut brown, sometimes striped with 

 darker or wholly of a straw color. 



Var. ; encircled with three dark reddish brown bands, on 

 middle of last whorl, at the umbilicus, and just beneath the 

 suture. 



Observations. — The above species is allied to P. Otaheitana. 

 It is, however, smaller and less elongate. 



Partula lineolata, Pease. 



Description. — T. abbreviato-ovata ; solida, umbilicata, baud 

 nitens, transversim tenuiter et confertim striata, longitudinaliter 

 striis incrementis rugosa; anfr. 5, plano-convexis, sutura im- 

 pressa ; apertura rotundo-ovata ; perist rotundo-calloso, mar- 

 ginibus callo junctis ; columelja dentata; rufescente-fusca, apice 

 purpurascente, longitudinaliter strigis cinereis irregulariter 

 ornata. 



Dimensions. — Long. 15, diam. 10 mill. 



Habitat. — Tahiti. 



Shell shortly ovate, solid, umbilicate, rather dull, transversely 

 finely, closely and regularly striated, somewhat roughened longi- 

 tudinally by lines of growth; whorls 4, planely convex, suture 

 impressed ; aperture roundly ovate, lip roundly thickened and 

 united by a callus over the body whorl; columella dentate; 

 color dark reddish brown, with light-colored longitudinal lines, 



