126 CYCLOPHORUS $. 23. 
196. C. ? metabletus (Euptychia) Crosse & Fischer. 1 
.lesta umbilicata, globoso-turbinata, tenuiuscula, sub- 
translucida, haud nitens, striis vix obliquis, sat confertis, validis 
longitudinaliter impressa, sub epidermide tenui, partim decidua, 
palhde luteo-straminea cinnamomeo-fulvida; spira turbinato- 
conica, apice obtusulo; sutura leviter impressa; anfr. 6!/,— 
convexi, sat rapide accrescentes, embryonales 2 laevigati, cor- 
neo-fusci, ultimus subascendens, magnus, lamellis 6—3 longi- 
tudinalibus, compressis, prominentibus, pone marginem externum 
elegantissime ornatus, infra peripheriam interdum fusco ob- 
scure uni- aut bizonatus, basi circa. umbilicum anguste infundi- 
buliformem rotundatus; apertura subovato-circularis, intus sa- 
turate nigricans; perist. breviter expansum (interdum lamella 
vieina subduplieatum), in adultis speciminibus continuum, sa-. 
turate nigricans, in vicinio anfractus penultimi subangulatum. 
— Opereulum subovale, cartilagineo-corneum, planiusculum, 
medio subincrassatum, ad marginem attenuatum, acutum, cor- 
neo-rufescens; limbus subangulatus; nucleus Bubexconitbu 
anfr. D sensim accrescentes; pagina externa obsolete striato- 
plieatula, interna granosa, parum nitens, versus marginem 
laevigata. — Diam. maj. 27, min. 21, alt. 25 mill. Apert. 
13 mill. longa, 12 lata. 
Pallidior, zona destituta, apertura et peristomate au- 
rantio-fulvis. — Diam. maj. 26, min. 21, alt. 2b mill. Apert. 
13 mill. longa, 12 lata.* (Cr.) 
Euptychia metableta. Crosse &' Fisch. in Journ. Conch. XXI. 1873. p. 157; 
XXID 1874:5p.:802 1$: 02 i65: 
Habitat in insula Madagascar. 
Species quarum descriptiones non vidi. 
cidua partim obtecta; spira turbinato-conica, apice obtusulo; sutura subim- 
pressa; anfractus convexi, ultimus subascendens, magnus, lamellis longitudi- 
nalibus, compressis, prominentibus, pone marginem externum elegantissime 
ornatus; apertura subovato-circularis; peristoma breviter expansum, in adultis 
continuum, in vicinio anfractus penultimi subangulatum. — Operculum vide 
in descriptione speciei. — Animal? — Forma insignis testa et operculo 
inter Cyelophoros et Cyclostomata (genera inter se animalis structura dis- 
erepantia) quasi media.  Operculum operculo generis Cyclostomatis forma 
subovali et anfractibus simillimum, sed corneum nec testaceum. "Testa tenui- 
tate, colore et aspectu Cyclophoris sat vicina, charactere peculiari lamella- : 
rum anfractus ultimi gaudet. ( Cyelophorus foliaceus Ch. eodem charactere 
paululum gaudet, sed opereulo typum generis Cyclophori omnino exhibente 
valde discrepat.)* 
