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Nesopupa. Kaitaiensis, n.sp. PI. YII, Fig. 17. 



Testa suboblonga, abbreviata, corneo - fusca, costulis incrementi 

 confertis et rudiusculis oblique rugulosa, minute perforata, parum 

 nitida, tenuiuscula. Spira obtusa, breviter subcylindrica, attamen 

 leviter conoideo-attenuata. Anfractus 5 convexi, regulariter crescentes, 

 sutura impressa ; ultimus breviter ovatus, ventricosus, subsaccatus, 

 antice baud ascendens, lateraliter non compressus, circa umbilicum 

 rotundatus. Apertura leviter obliqua, non sinuata, truncato-subcircu- 

 laris, baud effusa, plicis dentiformibus ornata, scilicet : parietalibus 2, 

 quarum una angularis parva, tuberculiformis, et secunda mediana aut 

 submediana elongata, profundior, mox desinens ; columellari una acuta 

 parva ; et palatalibus 2 subaequalibus brevibus, subelongatis, parallelis. 

 Peristoma undique anguste expansum et incrassatum, ad columellam 

 vix magis dilatatum, lividum, marginibus sat distantibus. 



Long. 2, lat. r33, alt. apert. '75 mm. 



Hub. — Kipu, Kauai (Baldwin). 



Differs from N. Newcomhi, hitherto peculiar to Hawaii, in being 

 more ovate, in the number of whorls, and sculpture. 



LyEOPUPA lYEATA (Gould). 



Pupa hjrata, Gould : Proc. Post. Soc, i (1843), p. 139 ; Pfeiffer, Mou. 

 Helic. viv., iii, p. 560, et iv, p. 686, et Verz., p. 177 ( Vertigo) ; 

 Vertigo lyrata, H. & A. Ad., Gen. ii, p. 172; non Pupa lyrata, 

 Boettger, Conch. Mittheilungen, 1883, p. 61, pi. xii, fig. 17 

 (possibly referable to L. Magdaleyice, Anc. ?). 



Testa sinistrorsa, ovata, solidula, baud nitida, intense vinoso- 

 fusca, aperte peiiorata, opaca, summo excepto liris acutis validis, inter 

 se distantibus, obliquis, in ultimo subflexuosis, medio saepe magis 

 prominentibus conspicue costata. Spira oblongo-attenuata, obtusula. 

 Anfractus 5-5^ convexi, prseter costas tenuissime et microscopice 

 lineis incrementi notati, sutura undulato-impressa ; apicales laevigati, 

 ultimus liris 11-12 instructus, basi pone aperturam constrictis, latera- 

 liter sulco parum profundo sed distincto, suturse parallelo impressus, 

 circa umbilicum crista rotundata praeditus. Apertura vix obliqua, 

 parvula, continua, ovato-truncata, supra extus angulata, dein sub- 

 sinuata, lamellis et plicis obstructa, scilicet : angular! una minutissima, 

 nodiformi, interdum evanescente vel segre perspicua, supra marginem 

 incipiente ; parietali una mediana, profunda, valida, marginem baud 

 attingente ; columellari profunda, semilunari ; denique palatalibus 2 

 parallelis, infera profundiore, supera sulco extero correspondente, valde 

 approximatis. Peristoma dilute luteo-fuscum, incrassatum et ex- 

 pansum. 



Long. 225, lat. vix 1*5, alt. apert. "Semm. 



Mah. — Olaa, Hawaii (Thaanum). 



This I consider as the true Pupa lyrata of Gould, as it agrees better 

 with his description than any others of the same group. It is quite 

 distinct from my Z. Magdalence, which Mr. Sykes thinks to be identical, 

 and which is found on Oahu. Dr. Boettger has figured the latter or 



