12 PKOCEEDINGS OF THK MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



BULIMINUS CASTANEO-BALTEATCS, n.Sp. 



!5hell imperforate, subulately fusiform, with sub-raamillary apex ; 

 the apical wliorls reddish chestnut, the later whorls bluish grey 

 painted with irreguhir, oblique, transverse bands of the same colour ; 

 whorls 8, not very convex, the last ascending in front, marked with 

 very oblique irregular growth-lines; suture impressed, scarcely 

 crenellate, very narrowly banded with white below; umbilical area 



depressed ; labrum white, broadly expanded, not reflexed, tlie margins 

 joined by a callus which thickens almost into a tubercle just before 

 its junction with the right margin, aperture ovate ; interior of shell 

 reddish chestnut. Alt. 21*5 mm.; diam. maj. 12, min. 8'75 mm. 

 Aperture : alt. 7o, diara. 5 mm. 



Hah. — Limestone region, S.E. Kan-su, at an altitude of 3,000 feet. 



BULIMINUS ORDIXARICS, U.Sp. 



Shell perforate, fusiform, rather thin, somewhat polished, brown ; 

 whorls 7, moderately convex, the last two broad in proportion to tlie 

 remainder, the last ascending in front, malleated and marked with 

 very oblique, slightly arcnate growth-lines, and small interrupted 

 spiral scratches; suture well impressed, very narrowly margined 

 below ; umbilicus rather broad above, rapidly narrowing to a mere 



chink ; lahrura white, expanded, tlie margins converging and joined 

 by a thin callus which thickens almost into a nodule where it reaches 

 the right margin ; aperture ovate ; interior of shell pale brown. 

 Alt. 17*5 mm. ; diam. maj. 7"25, min. 5"75 mm. Aperture: alt. 5, 

 diam. 3 mm. 



Hah. — Mountains of S.E. Kan-su, at an altitude of from 2,000 to 

 5,000 feet. 



Bui.iiiixrs osciTAxs, n.sp. 



Shell thin, fusiform, scarcely perforate, slightly shining, dark livid 

 flesh-colour, irregularly transversely banded with pale reddish chestnut, 



