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6. — Melania (Striatella) SUBPLICAT0LA, n.sp. Fig. 5. 



Testa tumta, soliclula, virescenti-cornea, superne pallidior. _ Spira 

 Integra; anfract. 9 plano-declives, medio inciso-striati, supremi trans- 

 verse costulati, ultimi obscure plicatuli, sutura eanaliculata divisi; 

 ultimus superne planulatus, basi convexiusculus, ad peripheriam striis 

 4-5 incisis notatus, basi vix striatulus. Apertura ovato-acuta, 

 superne acuta, basi rotundata; columella incrassata, margine dextro 

 tenui, acuto, baud sinuate. Alt. 20, lat. 8 mm. ; apert. alt. 7, 

 lat. 4 mm. 



Hah. — Palawan. (Comm. H. Fulton.) 



Sbell costulate at tbe apex, marked witb some incised striae at tbe 

 middle of tbe last wborl, wbicb are seen above the suture on the 

 upper whorls, otherwise smooth. Whorls flat, slightly sloping. The 

 costulations on the upper whorls gradually become less pronounced 

 and change into plications which are scarcely distinct on the lower 

 whorls. Epidermis greenish, brighter on the upper whorls. 



