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2. ViviPAKA RouYERi, n.sp. PI. VI, Fig. 3. 



Testa olivaceo-viriclis, anguste umbilicata ; spira conoidea, ad apicem 

 mediocriter acuta ; anf ractus sex, convexiusculi, spiraliter tenuiter 

 striati, lineisque incrementi obliquis arcuatis sculpti, ultimus ad 

 peripheriam leviter carinatus; apcrtura subrotundata, intus caerulescens; 

 peristoma tenue, sed margine columellari leviter incrassato et anguste 

 reflexo. Long. 26, diam. maj. 19 mm. ; apertura 12 mm. louga, 

 10 lata. 



Mai. — Java, 



Although resembling V. Javanica slightly, it is quite distinct from 

 that species. The body- whorl is more ventricose, and the spire more 

 acutely conical. 



3. Lagochilus obliquistriatus, n.sp. PI. VI, Figs. 4, .5. 



Testa turbinata, umbilicata, fusco-cornea ; spira conica, acuta ; 

 anfractus sex, convexi, liris spiralibus tenuibus (in anfr. penult. 6-7, 

 in ultimo circiter 16-18) instructi, lineis incrementi obliquis tenuiter 

 striati, ultimus ad peripheriam rotundatus, liris infra medium magis 

 distantibus quam supra ; apertura intus lilacea ; peristoma anguste 

 expansum, intus ad marginem album. Diam. maj. 7, min. 5 5 mm. ; 

 alt. 7 mm 



Hab. — Java. 



Mr. Sykes considers this species nearest to L. longipilum, Mldff., 

 but the striation and lineation of the new shell are so pronounced as to 

 produce a superficial appearance very different from the more shining 

 and delicately marked periostracum of MoellendorS's species. 



4. Melania vahia, n.sp. PI. VI, Figs. 1, 2. 



Testa parva, turrita, decollata, ad apicem detrita, olivacea, rufo 

 maculata et punctata ; anfi'actus — ? , supra medium angulati, ad 

 angulum serie spinarum brevium sursum directarum instructi, liris 

 pluribus injequalibiis et striis incrementi tenuibus omati, ultimus liris 

 4-5 circa medium fortioribus quam ceteris ; apertura ovalis, sordide 

 caerulescens ; columella antice incrassata, reflexa, albida, ad basim 

 subcanaliculata. Long. 17, diam. 9 mm.; apertura 8 mm. longa, 

 4 lata. 



Eab. — Java. 



The specific name varia has reference to the reddish spots on the 

 transverse lirae, varius having the sense of spotted in classical Latin. 



5. CoRBicuLA FABA, n.sp. PI. VI, Figs. 10, 11. 



Testa ovata, subcompressa, tenuis, luteo-brunnea, concentrice tenuiter 

 lirata, liris postice fere obsoletis ; umboues parum prominentes, ssepe 

 valde erosi; pagina interna sordide coerulca, umbones versus rufescenti- 

 albida; denies laterales tenues, striati. Long. 19, alt. 15, diam. 

 95 mm. 



Hub. — llichmond River, New South Wales. 



