158 LATIRUS EPPI. 



NOTE XVIII. 

 A NEW SPECIES OF LATIRUS 



DESCBIBED BY 



J. C. MELVILL. 



Latirus Eppi^ sp. n. 



L. testa ovato-fusiformi , crassa , fulvo-hrunnea , anfrac- 

 tibus Icevibus , longitudinaliter costatis , nitentihus , transversim 

 obscure Jilo-liratis , liris ad suturas distinctioribus , canali 

 subproducto , spiraliter lirato , aperturce fauce sidcata , albes- 

 cente, columella quadriplicata , alba. ~ Long. 24 milL, lat. 

 10 mill. 



Hab. Insula Cura9ao (Dr. C. Epp). 



This very interesting addition to the genus is at present 

 unique and forming part of the collection of the Leyden 

 Museum. It has been kindly forwarded me by Mr. M. M. 

 Schepman , of Rhoon near Rotterdam , with the request 

 that I would describe it, at the same time wishing that 

 it should bear the name of its discoverer. The nearest 

 approximations to this species are undoubtedly L. castaneus 

 (Reeve) and acuminatus (Kiener) from both of which it 

 can easily be differentiated by its small size, and other 

 reasons. This specimen is full-grown, and slightly worn, 

 the transverse lirse would in a younger specimen be regu- 

 larly distributed over every portion of the whorls. 



Dr. Epp also found at the same locality an interesting 

 well coloured but small variety of Latirus distinctus (A. 

 Adams), a species of rare occurrence, and which has not 

 been figured. I am giving a representation from a large 

 typical specimen in my » Historical account of the genus 

 Latirus." 



Prestwich, Manchester, March 1891. 



jNotes from the Leydeix ZMuseum, Vol. XIII. 



