392 MEGASPIRA. — BALEA §. i. 



1. (i.) elatior Spis:. (Coll. Nr. 1.) Pupa elatior Spix. — Helix ela- 



tior Orb. — Megaspira Ruschenhergiana Lea. — Balea elatior 

 Pfr., (Megaspira) A^. 271. — Brasilia. (II. 390.) 



2. (2.) elata Gould. (Goll. Nr. 2.) Pupa elala Gould. — Balea elata 



Pfr., (Megaspira) A"^. 27-1. - Brasilia. (III. 385.) 



XXXVIII. Balea Prideaux. 



Pfr. Mon. Helic. IV. p. 714. — Bielz in Verh. siebenb, 

 Ver. 1859. Nr. 11. p. 218; Faun. Siebenb. 1863. p. 97. — 

 Albers Helic. ed. Martens p. 271 : genus XXVIH Heliceorum 

 (Pupaceorum). Sectiones: Megaspira, Balea. — Pfr. Novit. conch. 

 Fasc. XXII. 1865. p. 265 et in Malak. Bl. XIV. 1867. p. 233. — 

 Semper in Journ. Conch. XIV. 1866, p. 41. — A. Schmidt 

 Clausil, p. 22 (restrict.) — Balia (Swains.) Bourguignat in Rev. 

 et Mag. Zool. 1857. p. 548 et Temesa Bourg. ibid. p. 561 (ex- 

 clusis speciebus). 



Species a Bourguignat eximie auctae, etsi plerisque 

 minus notae, sic distribuantur : 



A. Genuinae (Balia Bourg.) 



a. Pariete aperturali luberculo munito §. \. Nr. \ — 4, 



b. Tuberculo nuUo in pariete aper- 



turali §• 2. — 5— H. 



B. Aberrantes [Temesa II. et A. Adams 



varia forsan complectens) §-3. — 12 — 14. 



C? Umbilicatae (Coeliaxis Ad. et Angas) §. 4. — 15. 16. 

 D. Clausiliaeformes , at clausilio, lamella 



spirali, plica columellari et palatali 



carentes (Baleo-Clausilia Bielz) . , §. 5. — 17 — 22. 



1. (1.) B. perversa Iiinn. 



« Testa sinistrorsa, rimata, conico-turrita, subtilissime costu- 

 lato-striata, cornea, vel corneo-olivacea; anfraclibus 10 con- 

 vexis; ultimo valide costato-rugoso, basi angulato-rotundato; 

 apertura ovato-piriformi; columella simplice; peristomate sim- 

 plice, paululum expanso; marginibus callo tenui juxta insertio- 

 nem labri externi lamellam parvam emittente junctis; margine 

 externo superne vix sinuoso, — Long. 10 — 11, diam. 3 mill. » 

 (Bourg. — Coll. Nr. 1.) 



