PYTHIA $ 1. 2. 19 
alis confusa, ex icone sine dubio proxime accedens ad P. plicatam  F*r., 
nisi ejusdem speciei delineatio rudis! j 
Obs. 2. Nonne ad hane sectionem referenda:  Polydonta. carinata 
Beck Ind. p. 101. n. 1 ex Sincapoore (non descripta)? 
$. 2. 
6. EP*. lehithostoma Eieeve. 91 
T. imperforata, late ovato-conica, solida, sublaevigata, ad 
suturam impressam profunde et distanter suleata, rubelJo-al- 
bida, maculis castaneis conspersa; spira brevis, conoidea, ob- 
tusula; vàrices albomarginatü; anfr. 8 —9 convexiusculi, ulti- 
mus tumidus, spiram superans, basi vix attenuatus; apertura 
verticalis, ovalis, aurantiaca; dentes parietales 2, superior tri- 
gonus, crure supero elongato, alter intrans, extus nodulo me- 
diocri munitus; plica columellaris compressa, oblique ascen- 
dens, extrorsum subporrecta; perist. aurantiacum , marginibus 
callo crasso, nitido junctis, dextro parum arcuato, superne 
simplice, deorsum dilatato, incrassato, rugato, intus dentibus 
3 subaequalibus munito, columellari perinerassato, locum. um- 
bilici penitus obturante. — Long. 28, diam. maj. 18, min. 
14 mill. Ap. c. perist. 17 mill. longa. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Scarabus lekithostoma Reeve in Ann. and Mag. 1842. IX. p. 220. t. 4. 
f. 6.*) 
T — Reeve Conch. syst. IL. t. 188. f. 6. 
-- — A. Adams in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. p. 150. **) 
Conf. Ann. and Mag. 2d. ser. VIII. p. 69. 
— lekithostomus Küst. Auric. p. 65. t. 9. f. 10. ***) 
Pythia lekithostoma Pfr. Syn. Auric. n. 77. 
-— — H. et 4. [dams Gen. rec. Moll. II. p. 240. 
Habitat . . . ? 
7. P. pyramidata Reeve. 
T. subobtecte perforata, ovato-pyramidata, solida, laevi- 
gata, fulvo et albo irregulariter variegata; spira elongata, con- 

*) Besides its general particularity of form, this shell is further dis- 
tinguished by the colour of the mouth, which is a bright yelk - yellow. 
(Reeve 1l. c.) 
**) S. testa ovata, imperforata, solida, fusco variegata; apertura auran- 
tiaca, labio incrassato, labro duplicato, postice subsinuato. (A. Adams l. c.) 
***) S. testa conica-ovata, depressa, nitida, rufa, castaneo-maculata ; 
anfractibus planis; apertura aurantio-rufa, peristomate medio incrassato, in- 
tus quadridentato, columella triplicata. — Alt. 11'^, lat. 7^*, (Küst. l. c.) 
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