﻿PLANAXIS.'-Pl.vi 



The variety iu the British Museum is banded longi. | 

 tudinally with light grey, and that in M. Hanley's 

 collection is of a more uniform brown colour. The ! 

 shell is more slender thai; (Jimi/la ilpfiilhita, which is , 

 deeply grooved. 



Species :3?. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Hanley.) 



Pi.iNAXis {(^uoyia) decollata. Pla. testa oUongo- 

 pijnmnidatd, sinralitsr validh sulcata, suivinde 

 fidvd, fuscA) lonriiiudinaliter atrigatd, sulcis prope 

 nutnram eJ supra varicem canalis major ibus : 

 aiifractibus lateraliter rectii'isriilis!. xiippriorilritx 

 deciduis ; aperturd irevi, ■iy/ili-i:j"ii<i, r<:liiiiii'lhi 

 superne quadratim excisd,, amir iniid'-ntitft!, nd 

 twill ill, nil trinirafd : labro intiis tonnitfir liratu- 

 deiitirii/iitii : i-iuinJi mifiro hrevi, rotuiido. 



The decollateu Pla.naxis. Shell oblong-pyramidal, 

 spirally sti-ougly grooved, greenish-fawn, longi- 

 tudinally striped with brown, grooves larger 

 near the suture and above the canal varix ; 

 whorls laterally rather straight, upper deciduous ; 



aperture short, rather trigonal, columella cut ijut 

 above in a square, with a sharp tooth ; aiiterinr 

 canal short, I'oxuided. 



Gi;av. Proc. Zool. Soc. 18-47, p. 138. 



Ilah. New (rninea, Philippines. 



Species 38. (Mus. Brit.) 



PlaNAXIs ( Holcostcinui) PlLKiEE. Pla. testa noafd, 

 Iwvi, latr jilinnlii'ij fasciatd ; gpird brevisniiud ; 

 npfiiiii-:! iiiiiijiiil, iivatd, eanali postico eloixjatu, 

 .<iiitiatii, niliiiiii'Uil arcuatd, infra lata, late irun- 

 ■ ■a/ii, lain-" iiitt'in li-vifcr dentato, margine auperm 

 jli-niiis„. 



The haiky Pi.anaxis. Shell ovate, smooth, broadly 

 banded with jilnm-eolour ; spire very shoi-t ; 

 .iperture large, oval, posterior canal elongated, 

 sinuous, columella arched, broad below, broadly 

 truncated, outer li]) lightly toothed, margin 

 Hexuous above. 



Pniuri'i. Ze'itschrift fur Malak. 1848, p. 1G4. 



Hol,;,sfni,ias,.li,jn-i,,i,. A. Adams. 



Hah. .Mauritius, 



