﻿P L A N A X I S. 



Species 8. (Mus. Hanley.) 

 Planaxis NIGRITKI.LL-S. I'ln. fivtil hriiiuiro.iiiijrefccnfi; 

 xpird obhis,;, ,■„„;,:; ,• a„fr<irtnnL< qiiinU, ronrrxi- 

 ihr.uUs, ,/;.v/,i,//rr s,d,:,t]s, n.ltlutn iiuujiio, ^nlcis 

 we,lio sabemnidLs ; columdld snpenu' callosd, 

 arruatd ; hibro suhpatulo, intm tenuifer lirato. 

 The liitle black Planaxis. Shell blackish brown ; 

 spire obtase, conical ; whorls five, rather convex, 

 distantly sulcatcd ; last large, with the sulci 

 nearly obsolete in the middle ; columella callous 

 above, arched ; outer lip rather patulous, finely 

 ridged within. 

 FoiiHES. {NigrUrlhi.) Proc. Zool. Soc. 185U. PI. II. 



f. G. 

 Planaxis acidua. ileuke. 

 Plamrxis ohsoletux. Jlenke. 



The above name is given to the species by ilr. 

 Smith on account of the name acutiis being pre- 

 viously applied to another species. 

 Huh. MazatLm. 



Species 9. (Mns. Brit.) 



Planaxis acutus. Phx. textd brunned, acnt^i pijnnin. 

 data; inifn'rfil)iif!sri)fi'nis,nirir(';ri.i^ iiiediuheriijdtis, 

 siiiira iiifr'''/!"' li-ii nilrr sulr.ifix ,■ aperturdhreviih- 

 culd, liihlsHhoryHl,;!; o,hi,„rJld l,ifd,labro intus 

 tcnuiier tlrntd. 



The acute Planaxis. Shell brown, sharply pyra- 

 midal ; whorls seven, convex, smooth in the 

 middle, finely sulcated above and below ; aperture 

 rather short, broad, slightly blue ; columella 

 broad; outer lip finely ridged -svithin. 



Krauss. Siidafrikanischeu Mollusken. Tab. VI-, f. 2. 



Hah. Natal. 



Species Id. (JIns. Brit.) 



Pl^INAXIS ATROrrRPUREUS. Tht. trxtd )i iijiri-jd Kjilbed, 

 ohhmgd,nhfMsdJa'ri,j,,td,,,,,fn,rt;i,,,str;b,,.<,p,,n(in 

 COnV,;ri^, lllfinio iufn) sidrl. trih„.< Irvitrr ^ridptn ; 

 apertin-d .,„l,fri.j.;u}, ra^f.ui.'d. hihn, lnt'':il(pri,j.ttn, 



super 



■mhdrijrr^sn 



The PURPLE-BLACK Planaxis. Shell black-lead, oblong, 

 obtuse, smooth, whorls three, rather convex, last 

 lightly sculptured below with three grooves ; 

 aperture subtrigonal, brown ; outer lip smooth 

 within, slightly depressed above. 



Recluz. Revue Zoologique, 184:3, p. 201. 



Plniui.cis Albersii. Dunker. 



Ildb. South Seas, 



Species 11. (Mus. Hanley.) 



Planaxis similis. Pla. tfstd !<Hhpiji-<iiindiitd, hniimni, 

 vmninb subdistanter sulcata, sulcis prape sutiiram 

 et hifra medium furtiorihiis ; spird j^yramidatd, 

 acuminatd ; anfractihus frjifrnis, niiperiori'liiix 

 c<iiivi'xiiiscidi~i ; apertnrd, piirpii,;isrri,fi, lohn. 

 crasso, iutns deut,ito-Un,fn, ,;,ll,, hihiaji jn,sticn 

 distiiido, pitrvo ; rinid iiiigiistii. 



The similar Planaxis. Shell rather pyramidal, brown, 

 in every part rather distantly grooved ; grooves 

 stronger near the suture and below the middle; 

 spire pyramidal, acuminated; whorls seven, 

 upper rather convex; aperture purplish, lip 

 thick, tooth-ridged within, posterior labial callus 

 distinct, small ; notch narrow. 



Smith. Proc. Zool. Soc. 187'2, p. -il. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



More conical than PhiHa.ti.-! IFimlri/i, with less ex- 

 panded aperture, thicker outer lij) and nearly equal 

 grooves in every part. 



Species 12. (Mus. Hanley.) 



Planaxis Hanleyi. Plu. test^l sttboi-atd, brn,i>i,,l: 

 sjiird i-inirrr.i.rnnicd; anfractibus senis, rnnderoti- 

 coiirf.ris-. fipii-iililiiis politis, cceteris supra itifrdipne 

 spir,ilitt:r siilrtilig ; uUiiiio iiinfino, infra fortifsiiue 

 sidcnio; apvrtin-d um.jud, patald; hihro teiiuiiU- 

 cido, intiis tenaissime UraUi. rliad sidarali suh- 

 ratnndd. 



Hanley's Planaxis. Shell subovate, brown ; spire con- 

 vexly conical ; whorls six, moderately convex ; 



