﻿PUPINID.E.— Plate X. 



The even'ing Megalomastoma. Shell orate-sub- 

 pyramidal, ventricose, smooth, rather acumi- 

 nated, fulvous ; whorls six, rather convex, last 

 large, keeled below, narrowly umbilic-ated ; 

 aperture rather rounded, anteriorly obliquely 

 produced, margin thick, double, inner part tx- I 

 tended in front beyond the outer. 



Ai'AMS. Sowb. Thes. Conch. Pu2>inida; Megaloraas- 

 tonia, Fig. 28. 



Hah. Cuba. 



(E.-LPHAULUS.) 



Species 93. (Mus. ? Copied.) 



RapHAULUS BOMBAZINDS. Bap. tesid hreritcr iiiipir. 

 formi, fusco-siibaurcd, apice aeuniinati) ; anj'ntc- 

 tihus septem, quinque superiorihus ptarvlf:, hn-ri- 

 hus, pyramidatis, penultimo hreviihcido, rolididr 



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rech'nsnil, , 



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1,1 1„ 



ci<ht,-;ir 



iinVi- 



pnmuiiriii;, nllhin 

 maijini, ivlitinid, I 

 Clllalu; tidnl rnlinij,! I,ni-;s^u,id. 



The bombazise Raphaulus. Shell shortly pupseform, 

 golden-brown ; apex acuminated, whorls seven, 

 five upper small, short, pyramidal ; penultimate 

 rather short, roundly prominent, last large, 

 rather straight ; aperture large, round, margin 

 broad, circularly channelled ; tube round, very 

 short. 



Pfeiffep.. Adams, Sowb. Thes. Conch. Fupiitidir, 

 Raphaulus, Fig. -i, 7. 



Hab. India. 



Species 94. (Mus. ? Copied.) 



IvAPriACLUS SIMILIS. Bap. iesid h-evissime pupcrfoniii, 

 fanco-suhaii.red; apice ohtiiso ; anfradibus quinque, 

 tribus superioribus b7-evissimis, penultimo brevi, 

 inflato; ultimo vcntricaso, alto, obliquo ; apertiird 

 magna, rotmidd, riKinjiin: lata, circidariter caiiali- 

 eulatd ; tubd ,-i,hiii,l,i, linvisniind. 

 The similae Rapiiaixis. Shell very shortly pupa- 

 shaped, golden brown ; apex obtuse ; whorls 

 five, three upper verj- short, penultimate short, 

 inflated, last ventricose, high, oblique ; aperture 

 large, rounded, margin broad, with a circular 

 canal ; tube rounded, very short. 



SOWEEBT. 



Bab. ? 



lu the monograph of PupinidiB by Mr. Arthur 

 Adams, this species is given as a second example of 

 the preceding. It is, however, much shorter and 

 more obtuse in the .spire. 



Species 95. (Mus. Hanley.) 

 aphaulus chrysalis. Bap. testa brcviter pupce- 

 j'onni, solidd, purptireo-fuscd ; apice obtuso, an- 



fraclibus quinque, tribus snperiorilus brevibus, 

 peiiiiltiiiio all,,, r„linidi- j,r„„il,„;,ti ; ultii,i,-, alto, 

 obli,/,,'.: arr.'hn;! ,„„;/""\ r;,;;,lan, ,„a,;jl,a' lahj, 

 ci,ri,l.n-;t,:r ,:a,i,,li,'„lat,' ; tuhd ,l„„,ial,l, i„',-j„'„. 

 dicidaritcr super aiijractam idtimuiu Jecuiubenli. 



The chrysalis Raphaulds. Shell shortly pupa- 

 shaped, solid, pnrple-brown ; apex obtuse, whorl's 

 five, three upper short, last but one elevated, 

 roundly prominent ; last elevated, oblique ; 

 aperture large, circular, margin broad, with a 

 cii-cular channel, tube elongated, perpendicularly 

 decumbent upon the last whorl. 



Pfeiffeb. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 158. 



Hab. Ava, Moulmein. 



The tube runs up the side of the last whorl, nearly 



reaching the suture. 



Species 96. (Mus. Brit.) 



Hapuaulus Lorainii. Baj}. testa brevitar pupmforyni, 



saHild, purpu-reo-fused, idtinio anfraatu albo supra, 



ad .latin-am unifasciato ; apice obtiiso ; anfracti- 



biis qiiiiK/ne, brevibus, penwltimo rotimde pro- 



Clda 



,„i„„da: liibdbr 



Loi.'Aine's Raphaulus. Shell shortly pupa-shaped, 

 solid, purple-brown, last whorl with a single 

 white band above the suture ; whorls five, short, 

 last but one roundly prominent ; last rather 

 straight ; aperture large, circular, margin white, 

 reflected, rounded ; tube very short, open be- 

 yond the margin. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852. 



Hab. Pulo Penang. 



Resembling B. bomhijcinus and B,. similis, but 



with no groove round the margin of the aperture. 



Species 97. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Hanley.) 



Raphaulus Blanfoedi. Bap. testa brevissimd, ven- 

 Iricosd, fused ; apice sub-pyramidatd ; aiifractiMis 

 qiiiii<iue, duahus apicalibus parvis, brevibus, pc- 

 niiltiino iiifido, ultimo brevi, subinflato ; apertiird 

 circidari, manjiiie crasso, albo; tubd retrorsum 

 plicatd, lonife super suturam ad dorsum prcducid. 



Blanford's Raphaulus. Shell very short, ventri- 

 cose, brown ; apex rather pyramidal ; whorls 

 five ; two apical small, short, last but one in- 

 flated, last short, rather inflated ; aperture cir- 

 culai-, margin thick, white ; tube bent back- 

 wards, produced to some length over the suture 

 at the back. 



Benson. An. Nat. Hist. 1857. p. 201. 



Hab. Near Darjihng, in Sikkim, Himalaya. 



