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tudinaliLer costulato-striuta, parum nitens, luteo-alhida ; 

 spira turrita^ apice obtusulo ; sutura impressa; anfr. 9-10 

 convexiusculi, primi 1 1/2 lœvigati, ultimus 1/3 longitudi- 

 nis subœquans, latere et basi valide scrobiculatus ; aper- 

 tura subquadrato-ovalis, îHngens, livide albida, dentibus 

 5 coarctata, primo parie tali,obliquo, secundo columellari, 

 subhorizontali , magna, intus ascendente, tertio basali, 

 quarto et quinto in margiiie externo sitis; perist. sim- 

 plex, sordide albidum, ex u traque extremitate calli albidi, 

 margines jungentis , catialiculaio-subexcisum, margine 

 columellari late expanso, reflexo^ basali et externo brevi- 

 ter reflexis. — Long. 17, diam. maj. 6 mill. Aper t. 5 mill. 

 longa, 4 1/2 lata. (Coll. Crosse, Paz et Hidalgo.) 



Habitat in vicinio civitatis Montevideo dictœ, Americœ 

 meridionalis . (P.Paz.) 



Obs. Species Bulimo Charpentieri valde affinis , sed 

 forma breviore, magis pupœformi, anfractibus costulato- 

 striatis {nec tenuissime striatulis], colore, basi anfractus 

 nltimi, longe et profunde scrobiculata, apertura subqua- 

 drata et callo utrinque subexciso distinguenda. 



2. Purpura porphyroleuca. 



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T. imperforata, globoso-ovata, solidiila, costulis nume- 

 rosis, squamosis, transversim cincta, albida ; spira bre- 

 vissima, vix co7ispicua, apice obtuso; anfr. circa 3, fere 

 omnino celati, ultimus magnus, subventricosus^ basi sub- 

 attenuatus, vix emarginatus, pone basin funiculqto-caiH- 

 natus; apertura subovata, intus roseo-albida, zona inter- 

 rupta violaceo-purpurea ornata ; columella arciuita, 

 roseo-albida, cum spatio lato, concolore parietis, lœvis, 

 nitida; margo externus ascendens, denticidalKS, medio 

 siibflexuose recedens, basi protrac tus, alhus. — Long. 21, 



