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infra medium levitcr convexus, nitons ; apertura obliqua, intus rufo- 

 purpurca, siibraarg-aritacca ; peristoma rufo-purpureum, late expansum 

 et leviter reflexum, margine basali paulo inerassato, supra umbilicimi 

 reflexo. Diam. maj. 30, min. 24 mm.; alt. 34 mm. 



Hah. — New Guinea. 



The upper sui^face is dull, the base being glossy. Besides the fine 

 lines of growth, there are faint traces of spiral striation. P. lenta, 

 Pfr., and P. eucliroes, Pfr., arc allied forms as regards shape. 



7. Papuina molesta, n.sp. PI. XVII, Figs. 10, 11. 



Testa brevita conoidea, acute carinata, umbilicata, dilute fuscescens, 

 lineis incrementi obliquis striata, undique minutissime granulata; spira 

 brcvis, recta conica, ad apicem acutiuscula ; anfractus 5, subceleriter 

 accrescentes, superiores tres convexi, penultimus minus convexus, 

 ultimus supra planiusculus, infra convexior, in medio acute carinatus, 

 ad labrum breviter descendcns ; apertura oblique angulato-lunata, 

 intus concolor ; peristoma albidum, margine superiore leviter expanso, 

 inferiore latins dilatato et reflexo, columellari etiam latins expanso. 

 Diam. maj. 19, min. 16 mm.; alt. 12 mm. 



Hal. — Andai, jS^ew Guinea. 



The peripheral keel forms a carinate sutural line between the last 

 and penultimate volutions. 



8. PcpiNA Papfana, n.sp. PI. XVII, Fig. 15. 



Testa subovata, polita, flavescens, spira convcxe conoidea, ad npicem 

 mediocriter acuminata ; anfractus sex, convexiusculi, sutura incon- 

 spicua, linea angustissima rufescenti marginata, sejuncti, ultimus 

 elongatus, obliquus, supra aperturam leviter complanatus, valdo 

 descendens, sed ad labrum paalo ascendens ; apertura aurea, valde 

 lateralis, fere circularis, longitudinis totius f ada^cj^uans ; peristoma 

 leviter incrassatum, margine superiore subsinuato ; fissura columellaris 

 angusta, curvata, sursum tensa, lobo anfractus ultimi semiobtecta; 

 callus columellaris porrectus, postice lamella acuta terminans. 

 Long. 11, diam. 6 mm.; apertura 4 mm. longa. 



Hah. — Andai, New Guinea. 



Larger than the P. aurea, Hinds, with a diiferently coloured 

 peristome and differently formed anterior slit. 



9. Truncatella gracilenta, n.sp. PL XVII, Figs. 16, 17. 



Testa elongata, gxacilis, sordidc albida, confertim et tenuissime 

 costellata, costellis in anfr. ultimo aperturam versus magis distantibus 

 lamelliformibus paulo infra medium subangulatis ; anfractus 16, lente 

 accrescentes, supremi 2-3 loeves, convexi, ad apicem plani, cfcteri 

 (quarum 7-8 permanentes) convexiusculi, ultimus hand descendens ; 

 apertura irregulariter ovata, alba, polita ; peristoma continuum, hand 

 solutum, margine dextro late expanso et reflexo, columellari angustius 

 reflexo. Long. 23, diam. anfractus ultimi 3, long, aufractum septcm 

 permanentium 13mm. 



Hah. — Andai, Xew Guinea. 



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