CATAULUS §. 2. 89 



luteum. — Long. 25, diam. 10 mill. Ap. 6 mill. longa. (Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



Cataulus aurciis Pfr, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1855. p. 188. 

 Habitat in insula Ceylon (Thwaites). 



9. C- liaemnstomiis Pfr. 



T. breviter et profunde rimata, ovato-pyramidalis, tenuius- 

 cula, conferte striatula, parum nitens, diaphana, citrina; spira 

 convexiusculo-turrita, apice subacuta; sutura submarginata; 

 anfr. 8 convexi, uhimus vix attenuatus, basi axin excedens; 

 carina umbihcalis vahda, compressa, antrorsum vix dilatata ; 

 periomphalum latum, costulato-striatum ; apertura subcircularis ; 

 perist. fusco-sanguineum , simplex, ad anfractum contiguum 

 angustatum, lateribus rectangule late patens et revolutum, basi 

 subproductuin, canali inediocri perforatum. — Operc. tenue, 

 rufo-corneum. — Long. 27 — 28, diam. 11 — 12 mill. Ap. diam. 

 fere 7 mill. (Coll. Nr. 137.) 



Catoulus haemastomus Pfr. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Soc. 1856. p. 391. 

 — — /yr. Novit. conch. I. n. 20. t. 32. f. 24. 25. 



Habitat in insula Ceylon (Thwaites). 



10. eiirytrema Pfr. (Proc. 1852. p 145. 1. 13. f. 5. 

 — Ch. ed. nov. p. 386. t. 48. f. 12. 13. — Gray 

 Phan. p. 97. — Toriulosa eurytrcma Ad. Gen. 

 p. 285.) Mon. p. 138. 



11- C- decorus Benson. 



T. profunde et breviter arcuato-rimata, ovato-turrita, so- 

 lida, capillaceo-striata, sericea, fusco-purpurea ; spira elongata, 

 apice obtusula ; anfr. 8 convexiusculi , ultimus subattenua- 

 tus , carina concolore compressa , lente descendente , elevato- 

 patente, antrorsum dilatata munitus; periomphalum con- 

 vexum , radiato-costulatum ; apertura circularis; perist. laete 

 aurantiacum, incrassatum, expansum et reflexum, margine ba- 

 sali recedente, canali ovali, retrorsum in rimani angustam ab- 

 eunte perforato. — Long. 22, diam. 8^/2 mill. Ap. c. perist. 

 82/3 mill. longa, 7 lata. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Cataulus dccorus Beus in Ann and Mag. 2cl. ser. XII. p. 96. 

 — — Pfr. in Malak. Bl. 1854. p. 90. 



Tortulosa decora H. et A. Adams Gen. rec. Moll. II. p. 285. 



Habitat ad Ratnapoora insulae Ceylon (E. L. Layard). 



