278 TRUNCATELLID. 
cecINA, A. Ad., 1861. Shell imperforate, subcylindrical, epi- 
dermis olivaceous; apex obtuse, eroded, not truncate; whorls 
flat, smooth; aperture ovate, vertical, rounded in front, acumi- 
nated behind; the continuous lip flexuous and subproduced in 
the middle. Operculum corneous, paucispiral. Tentacles lobi- 
form, with obtuse apices, the large eyes at their external bases. 
Rostrum elongate, cylindrical, annulate. Foot short, oblong. 
Manchuria. 7. Manchurica, A. Ad. 
GEOMELANIA, Pfeiffer. 
Etym.— Ge, the ground (7. e. terrestrial), and Melania. 
y s ’ 
Distr.—21 sp. Jamaica. G. Jamaicensis, Pfr. (xxv, 25). 
Shell imperforate, turreted; aperture entire, effused; peris- 
tome simple, expanded; margins joined, basal produced into a 
tongue-shaped process. Operculum oval, pellucid, whorls few, 
rapidly enlarging. 
BLANDIELLA, Guppy. Labrum without linguiform appendage. 
Operculum paucispiral, inner side cartilaginous, externally cal- 
careous, rugose. 1 sp. Trinidad, W. I. G. reclusa, Guppy 
(Ixxv, 26, 27). 
cuitt1A, Livesay. Shell imperforate, conic, cylindrical; aper- 
ture ovate, moderately effuse, peristome thickened, sharply 
reflected, not produced, with a sinus on the inner side near the 
axis. (C. sinuosa, Chitty (Ixxv, 28). There is only the type 
species; but Aciculina emarginata, Desh., an eocene fossil of 
the Paris basin, may also be referred to this subgenus. 
Rene, Nevill. 
Etym.—Named in honor of J. Réné Bourguignat. 
Distr.—2 sp. Southern France. R&. Bourguignatiana, Nevill 
(exw, 29,°30). 
Shell imperforate, elongated-cylindrical, whorls numerous, 
compressed, costulate; margin of peristome obtuse, thickened 
within, without external marginal varix; outer lip with a 
pleurotomoid sinus posteriorly; columella nearly perpendicular, 
slightly twisted above, where it presents a superficial, channel- 
like indentation. 
Tomicuta, Benson. 
Disir.—India, Japan, So. Africa. 7. veniricosa, Sowb. 
(ixxy, 31). 
Shell with elongated spire and generally truncated apex ; per- 
forated; peristome continuous, double or triple. Operculum 
paucispiral. 
Bianrorpia, Ad. 
Htym.—Named in honor of W. T. Blanford. 
Distr.—4 sp. Japan, Australia. B. Japonica, A. Ad. (Ixxv, 32). 
Shell ovately conical, epidermis  olivaceous, smooth, apex 
