290 PROSERPINA. 



Gray, nec Guilding auctorem generis esse et in Proceed. Zool. 

 Soc. 1847. p. 182 propriam familiam Proserpinidarum inter 

 Pulmobranchiata pro ea constituisse. — Cl. Albers (Helic. p. 134) 

 inter genera Heliceorum Proserpiyiam admittit. 

 Species mihi notae sunt sequentes: 



1. P. eolina Duclos. 



T. imperforata, conoideo-lenticularis, tenuiuscula, superne 

 ruguloso-scabriuscula , non nitens, daucina; spira breviter co- 

 noidea, sursum fusco-variegata, apice subacuta; sutura levis, 

 submarginata; anfr. 8 vix convexiuscuH , ultimus non descen- 

 dens, medio compresse et acute carinatus, basi convexus, ni- 

 tidus, callo tenui, lutescente obductus; columella brevis, trans- 

 verse acute plicata; apertura obliqua, subtrapezia, lamellis 2 

 parallelis, erectis, elongatis in pariete aperturali, tribusque 

 extus pellucentibus in pariete basah coarctata; perist. simplex, 

 rectum. — Diam. maj. 20, min. 17, alt. 9 mill. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Odontostoma eolinwn Dudos, Pfr, Mon. I. p. 11. N. 1. 



Proserpina eolina Chemn. ed. nov. P. II. p. H. t. 100. f. 10. H. 



— — Albers Helic. p. 134. 

 Habitat in Mexico. 



2. nitida Gray. (Coll. i. — Chemn. 1. c. p. U.) . Mon. I. p. 12. 



3. P. linguifera Jonas. 



T. imperforata, orbiculato-discoidea , utrinque convexius- 

 cula, solida, nitidissima, albida, superne medio flavicans; su- 

 tura callo fere occulta, vix conspicua; anfr. 5 sensim accro- 

 scentes, ultimus obsolete angulatus, basi paulo convexior, medio 

 callo circulari obductus; apertura semiovalis, 5-plicata: pHcis 

 2 inaequalibus in ventre anfr. penultimi, 2 parallelis in mar- 

 gine basali, quinta valida, transverse prominente ad columel- 

 lam; perist. simplex, acutum. — Diam. maj. 8, min. 7, alt, 

 4^3 mill. (Mus. Hamburg.) 



Helicina linguifera Jonas in Wiegm. Arch. 1839. I. p. 341. 



Proserpina allognota Jonas in Zeitschr. f. Malak. 1846. p. 12. 



— linguifera Chemn. ed. II. Helix P. II. p. 12. t. 103. 



f. 12 — 15. 

 Odontostoma allognotum Pfr. Monogr. l. p. 12. N. 4. 

 Helix allognota Desh. in Fer. hist. I. p. 192. N. 258. t. 55. f. 13. 

 p. Minor, flavida, vertice rubro; diani. maj. 5, rain. 4^^' ^l^- 3 

 mill. (Mus. Guming. ) 

 Proserpina pulchra Adams Conlrib. to Conchol. N. 5. p. 81. 

 Habitat in insula Jamaica. 



Obs. Ditlerl a praecedente foniia minus dcpressa, superticie callo 



