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conicd, apice acutiusculd ; suturd suhmarginatd ; anfractibus 5^ 

 convexis, ultimo infra medium lined nigricante {interdum duplicatd) 

 cincto ; plicd columellari validd, dentiformi, basi castaned ; aper- 

 iurd semiovali, fusco-marginntd ; peristomate simplice, acuto. 



Long. 17, diam. 8 mill. 



From Molokai, Sandwich Islands. 



17. AcHATiNA MAGNiFiCA, Pfr. Ach. tcstd ovato-sub/ust/ortni, 

 tenuiusculd, leviter striatuld, haud nitente, luted, strigis etflammis 

 virentibus et castaneis, fascidque 1 luteo et castaneo articulcdd, 

 supramediand variegatd ; spird conicd, apice obtusissimd ; anfrac- 

 tibus 5į vix convexiusculis, ultimo spiram paulo superante ; suturd 

 anguste marginatd ; columelld rectd, verticali, callo introrsum albo, 

 extrorsum nigricante indutd, basi rubrd, ad basin aperturce ellip- 

 ticce, intus ccerulescenli-albidcB obligue truncatd. 



Long. 47, diam. 21 mill. 



From Quito, Equador ; in woods (De Lattre). 



18. AcHATiNA FuNCKi, Pfr. AcJi. tcstd subperforatd , ovato-conicd, 

 tenui, striatuld, nitidd, pellucidd, slramineo-hyalind ; spird conicd, 

 acutd ; anfractibus 6 convexis, ultimo spird paulh breviore ; aper- 

 turd semiovali ; parietė aperturali medio plicd tavi, intrante mu- 

 nito ; columelld medio lamellatim truncatd ; peristomate simplice, 

 acuto. 



Long. 12|-, diam. 6 mill. 



From the province of Merida, New Granada (Funck). 



19. Balea Funcki, Pfr. Bal. testd sinistrorsd, vix subrimatd, 

 turritd, truncatd, sublcevigatd, fuscd ; anfractibus (spec. trunc.) 

 5 convexiusculis, ultimo basi rotundato ; aperturd oblongo-semi- 

 ovuli, intus fulvd ; plicd parietali validd, compressd, columellari 

 obligud, obsoletd ; peristomate albo, expanso, reflexiusculo, mar- 

 ginibus callo junctis , externo sinuato. 



Long. (spec. trunc.) 14, diam. 4 mill. 



From Chachopo, province of Merida, New Granada (Funck). 



2. Description of a new species of Volute. ByW. j. Broderip, 



ESQ., F.R.S. ETC. 



VoLUTA siGNiFER. Vol. tcstd ovūto-fusiformi, longitudinaliter cre- 

 berrime lineatd, subjiavd, signis spadiceo-brunneis irregularibus, 

 interruptis vittatd ; spird mediocri, subtumidd, apice subacuto- 

 mammillari, glabro ; anfractibus 3, ultimo longe maximo, stibven- 

 tricoso ; labro acuto ; columelld guadriplicatd, plicis magnis. 

 Long. 3f, lat. If poli. 

 Hab. In Oceano Orientali } 



Two bands of detached, reddish-brown, irregular, iuterrupted spots 

 ■vvreathe the spirai whorls, and three such bands, •with a trace of a 

 fourth, adorn the body-whorl. There is a wide interval betvveen the 

 upper tvvo of the bands of the body-whorl, and the third and trace 

 of the fourth on the šame whorl. An irregular linear dash of the 

 šame colour connects the three uppermost of these bands longitu- 



