BOETTGEK AND SCHM ACKER t CHmESE CLAUSILI^. 105 



sequans. Apertura protracta, valde obliqua, siibverticalis, circulari- 

 piriformis, siiiulo moclico rotuiidato ; peristoma undique late soliitiim, 

 latissime subplane expansum, sub sinulo leviter gibbosiim, albo- 

 labiatum. Lamellae modicse, appro ximatte, superior marginalis, 

 compressa, obliqua, a spirali profundissima non conspicua separata ; 

 inferior altissime sita, horizontalis, a basi intuenti arcu latissimo 

 spiraliter torta, basi noduloso-incrassata ; subcolumellaris oblique 

 intuenti vix conspicua. Plica principalis brevis, in apertura conspicua, 

 cum lunella valde arcuata, superne latissima, dorso-laterali connexa. 

 Lamella spiralis intus longior et altior quam lam. inferior. Patella 

 clausilii brevis, latissima, sphserico-triangularis, apice latissime truncata. 



Alt. 19 mm.; diam. 3-75 mm.; alt. apert. 3-75, lat. apert. 3"25 mm. 



Sah. — Chingping, leg. Capt. Yankowsky, only one good specimen. 



This species, wliich in shape somewhat resembles C. crohjlodes, 

 Schm. and Bttg., recalls the undescribed species, No. 25, of our paper 

 in Nachr. Bl. d. d. Mai. Ges. 1891, p. 25, from Formosa, but has 

 stronger, whitish ribs, is smaller, and has a shorter and more rounded 

 aperture. 



8. Clausilia belemn-ites, n.sp. PI. VIII. Pig. 1. 



Testa parva, rimata, solidiuscula, subventrioso-fusiformis, fulva, 

 zona suturali lata corneo-flava ornata, sericina ; spira convexo-turrita ; 

 apex mucronatus, angustus, acutus. Anfr. lOJ-11 convexi, sutura 

 profunde impressa disjuncti, distincte striati, fere costulato-striati, 

 striis obliquis, interdum subimdulatis ; penultimus subventriosus, 

 ultimus modice attenuatus, cervice planatus, basi rotundatus, ante 

 aperturam subinflatus, distanter costulato-striatus, \ altitudinis testae 

 non sequans. Apertura verticalis, subaxialis, exacte piriformis, 

 sinulo recedente et appresso ; peristoma continuum, subsolutum, 

 modice expansum, reflexiusculum, albolabiatum. Lamella superior 

 aut modica aut obsoleta, marginalis, brevis, a spirali profunda longe 

 separata ; inferior horizontaliter mediam in aperturam prosiliens, basi 

 concava, a basi intuenti valde spiraliter torta ; subcolumellaris in- 

 conspicua. Plica principalis profunda, intus lineam lateralem vix 

 transgrediens, loco lunelliE palatalis superior longa principali sub- 

 parallela et 6-9 inferiores perparum distinctae, sgepe deorsum lunellam 

 incompletam indicantes. Lamella spiralis intus parum longior quam 

 lam. inferior. Clausilium "breve, latum, basi rotundato-truncatum, 

 apice recurvo acuminatum. 



Alt. 9"5-13*5 mm.; diam. max. 2*5-3 mm.; alt. apert. 2"5-3, lat. 

 apert. 2-2*3 mm. 



Hah. — Tangyang, province of Hupeh (about 150 Chinese li east of 

 Chinchowfu), leg. Chinese collector of Capt. Yankowsky. 



The nearest ally is C. Anceyi, Bttg.^ Our species is, however, 

 smaller, has fewer whorls, a smaller apex, which is distinctly mucro- 

 nate, and a much thicker, white peristome. , 



9. CLAtfSILIA PLANOSTKIATA, Hcude. 



Heude, Moll, terr, de la vallee du fieuve bleu, p. 73, t. xviii. fig. 15. 



1 Nachr. Bl. d. d. Mai. Ges. 1882, p. 68. 



