45 



peristomate simpUce, bi'evissime reflexiusculo, intus nigro-margi- 



nato. 

 Diam. 29 ; alt. 24 mill. 

 Collected on the island of Tablas by H. Cuming, Esq. 



9. BūLiMus GiLvus, Sow. Bul. testd imperforatd, ovatd, soliduld, 

 striatd, sub epidermide gilvd rufescens ; spird apice obtusd, nudd, 

 pallidd ; anfractibus 6 convexis, ultimo spird paulb breviore ; colu- 

 melld strictiusculd , albd, subexcavatd; aperturd obliąud, lunato- 

 ovali, intus lacted ; peristomate subincrassato, breviter reflexo, 

 margine dextro arcuato, columellari adpresso. 



Long. 54; diam. 38 mill. 



Collected in several varieties on the island of Bohol, by H. Cu- 

 ming, £sq. 



Geomelania, nov. gen. 



Testą imperforata, turrita ; apertura integra, effusa ; peristoma sint- 

 plex, reflexum, ad basin appendiculo porrecto instructum. 



10. Geomelania jamaicensis, Pfr. Geom. testd truncatd, turritd, 

 arcuatim costatd, nitidd, albd; anfractibus 6 convexis, ultimo i 

 longitudinis subceguante ; aperturd ovali, intus nitidd ; peristo - 

 mate simplice, margine dextro sinuoso, basi in appendiculum lingui- 

 formem porrecto , columellari adpresso. 



Long. 12; diam. 4 miU. 



Found at Jamaica, " Savanah la Mar," under stones in earth, by 

 M. Attanasio. Mus. Cuming. 



11. ToMOGERES TURBINATUS, Pfr. Tom. testd rimtttd, compresso- 

 turbinatd, tenui, lavissime striatuld, pallide corned, nitiduld ; spird 

 turbinatd, acutiusculd ; anfractibus 5 convexis, ultimo spiram vix 

 cequante, d, latere compresso, basi subangulato, antice adscendente, 

 subtūs constricto, scrobiculato ; aperturd verticali, subauriformi, 

 f ere clausd ; peristomate late expanso, tenui, margine dextro ar- 

 cuato, interne lamind validd, superne bifidd, munito, basali oblicue 

 descendente, tridentato ; parietė aperturali lamellis 3 integualibus 

 armato. 



Diam. maj. 11, min. 7į ; alt. 10 mill. 



Hab. In Brasilia. 



This interesting shell is nearly allied with Tomogeres clausus, Spix, 

 but easily to be distinguished by the substance of its shell, by the 

 raised spire and the thin peristome, characters quite constant in all 

 specimens known. 



" Deseriptions of eighty-nine new species of Mitra, chiefly from 

 the coUection of H. Cuming, Esq.," by Loveli Reeve, Esq. : — 



Mitra fastigium. Mitr. testd abbreviato-ovatd, subventricosd, 

 solidiusculd, spird brevi, acuminatd ; lavigatd, basim versus exiliter 

 sulcatd; luted; columelld cuadriplicatd, basi truncatd; labro sim- 

 plici, superne sinualo. 



