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with the Dorcasiinae, but the shell appears to be quite unlike any- 

 thing known to exist in South Africa, though, were it not for the 

 spiral sculpture, it might be attributable to some bleached form 

 of Natalina. 



Failing the reappearance of the Type, therefore, I am inchned 

 to beheve that the locality quoted is erroneous, and, for this reason, 

 to expunge H. bulbiis altogether from the South African list and 

 place it in the category of lost species. 



