Shells, % E. A. Smith. 61 



suturam cincta, maculis irregularibus opacis luteis plus minus 

 picta, nitida, lineis increments tenuibus, aliis obliquis et spiralibus 

 decussatis sculpta ; anfractus 5, convexiusculi, subceleriter accre- 

 sceutes, supra suturam anguste marginati, ultimus ad peripheriam 

 subacute angulatus, haud descendens, infra paulo convexior quam 

 supra ; spira breviter conica, vix convexiuscula, ad apicem sub- 

 obtusa ; apertura obliqua, fusco-cornea, in medio linea rufa et 

 carina albida translucentibus ; peristoma tenue, margine superiore 

 obliquo, parum arcuato, ventrali late curvato, columellari paulo 

 incrassato, superne breviter reflexo, rimam semiobtegente. 

 Diam. maj. 25 millim., min. 22, alt. 15 ; apertura 13 lata, 11| longa. 



Six specimens of tin's species were collected by Mr. Walker, 

 three being adult and three about half-grown. In the young 

 state none of that opaque yellowish or creamy mottling which 

 sometimes occurs in the adult is visible. It is present in two 

 out of the three adult examples, the third being of a rich 

 brown colour above, somewhat paler beneath, and whitish at 

 the peripheral keel. The oblique sculpture, which is rather 

 irregular and scratchy, is exactly in the opposite direction to 

 the lines of growth. 



I do not know any species very closely allied to the 

 present form. It is somewhat like X. glutinosa, Metcalfe, 

 from Borneo as regards general form and the carinate peri- 

 phery. N. Peaseana, Pfr., said to come from Timor, is a 

 larger species, less acutely keeled, more opaque, and more 

 strongly obliquely striated. It was considered a form of 

 N. rareguttata by Tryon, who never saw a specimen of it ; 

 but in my opinion it is sufficiently distinct. 



3. Eulota subcomea. 



Testa anguste umbilicata, parva, depresse globosa, semipellucida, 

 cornea, oblique tenuiter et arcuatim striata, lineis spiralibus 

 microscopicis confertis sculpta; spira mediocriter elata, leviter 

 convexa, ad apicem subobtusa ; anfractus 1^, convexiusculi, regu- 

 lariter crescentes, ultimus haud descendens, ad peripheriam postice 

 subacute carinatus, carina labrum versus fere evanida ; apertura 

 obliqua, lunata; peristoma pallidum, leviter incrassatum, superne 

 vix expansum, inferne reflexum, margine columellari leviter 

 dilatato. 



Diam. maj. 10 millim., min. 8|, alt. 7 ; apertura 4 longa et lata. 



This species must be very similar in many respects to E. 

 hemuphcerica from Timor-Laut, judging from M Ollendorff's * 

 description. It is, however, smaller and the peristome is not 

 rose-tinted. It appears to be similarly minutely striated, has 



* Nachrichtsblatfc deutsch. mal. Gesell. 1892, p. 90. 



