14Ö PAPUINA STRABO. 



P. yuleusis from Yule island and south coast of British 

 New Guinea. 



P. katauensis from south coast of British New Guinea. 



P. roseolabiata from Ferguson island, d'Entrecasteaux 

 Group. 



Papuina LENTA Pfr., var. pseudeuchroes n. var. 

 PL 7, f. 10. 



Helix lenta, Pfeiffer, 1854, Malakoz. Blatter, I, \). 57. Syst. 

 Conch. Cab. 2 ed. Band I, Abt. 12', T. 40, f. 5. 



In shape this specimen bears resemblance to P. lenta^ 

 but it is differently coloured, much like P. euchroes Pfr., 

 according to the figure, given by Reeve, Conch. Icon, 

 vol. VII, f. 1346, There is, clearest to be seen on the last 

 whorl, a dark chestnut peripheral band, on both sides 

 surrounded by a small white zone. Between this band and 

 the suture there are an upper whitish and a lower brown 

 zone, the former becoming smaller in the penultimate 

 whorl, and disappearing in the apical whorls. The base 

 has the same brown colour as the lower zone, and is 

 chestnut round the umbilicus. The peristome is lead-coloured, 

 with dark brown margins. 



Diam. maj. 33; min. 25,5; alt. 40 m.M. 



Hab. — Fak-Fak. Mr. Palmer van den Broek. 



The specimens, described by Mr. Gude '), having also 

 a larger size and a relatively higher spire than Pfeiflfer's 

 P. lenta, are likely very much related to this variety. 



Other localities of P. lenta: Molucca's?^), Hamatawarea '). 



1) Glide, Proc. Mai. See. IX, p. 81. 



2) Pfeiffer, Mon. Hcl. viv. IV, p. 257. 



Notes from the Leyden IVIuseum, "Vol. XXXV. 



