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  DESCKIPTION 
  OF 
  TWO 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  AND 
  A 
  NEW 
  SUB-GENUS 
  

   OF 
  LAND 
  SHELLS 
  FROM 
  CHINA. 
  

  

  By 
  G. 
  K. 
  GuDio, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  Read 
  10th 
  January, 
  1919. 
  

   Two 
  small 
  but 
  very 
  interesting 
  collections 
  of 
  land 
  shells 
  have 
  been 
  

   submitted 
  to 
  me 
  for 
  examination 
  by 
  Lady 
  Lyons, 
  of 
  Park 
  Mill, 
  

   Glamorgan, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  E. 
  Le 
  Cronier, 
  Lancaster. 
  These 
  were 
  collected 
  

   in 
  the 
  Min 
  Valley, 
  Szechuen, 
  by 
  Lady 
  Lyons' 
  daughter, 
  Mrs. 
  Mead, 
  

   Avife 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Edgar 
  Mead, 
  of 
  H.M. 
  Consular 
  Service 
  in 
  China. 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  two 
  undescribed 
  forms 
  — 
  one 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  

   sub 
  -genus 
  — 
  they 
  comprise 
  the 
  following: 
  — 
  

  

  Chloritis 
  {TrichoMorites) 
  suhmissa, 
  Desh. 
  

   liidiminopsis 
  bnliminns, 
  lleude. 
  

   Eulota 
  phraffmitioii, 
  Heude. 
  

  

  — 
  foriunei, 
  Pfr., 
  var. 
  meridionalis, 
  MlldfF. 
  

  

  — 
  {Mast 
  ig 
  eulota) 
  hiangsincnsis^ 
  Mts. 
  

  

  — 
  {Platypetasus) 
  trocJwmorpha, 
  Mlldff. 
  

   Cathaica 
  {Eucathaica) 
  brevispira, 
  H. 
  Ad. 
  

  

  — 
  (Eucathaica) 
  suhsimilis, 
  JDesh. 
  

   Euhadra 
  pseudocampyUea, 
  Mlldff. 
  

  

  — 
  haplozona, 
  Mlldff. 
  

  

  — 
  carpochroa, 
  Mlldff. 
  and 
  var. 
  

  

  — 
  amphidroma, 
  Mlldff. 
  

   Buliminus 
  fultoni, 
  Mlldff. 
  

  

  — 
  meleagrinus, 
  Heude. 
  

   Clausilia 
  aculus, 
  Bens. 
  

   Snccinea 
  rubella, 
  Heude. 
  

  

  — 
  carectomm, 
  Heude. 
  

  

  iROCnOMOKPHA 
  LANCASTEKI, 
  U.Sp. 
  

  

  Shell 
  widely 
  umbilicated, 
  sharply 
  keeled, 
  discoiil, 
  finely 
  and 
  

   closely 
  ribbed-striate, 
  tlie 
  striae 
  cut 
  into 
  minute 
  granules 
  by 
  close 
  

   fine 
  spirals, 
  rufous. 
  Spire 
  depressed, 
  suture 
  exseited, 
  a])ex 
  acute. 
  

   Whorls 
  6, 
  increasing 
  slowlj' 
  and 
  regularly 
  ; 
  above 
  slightly 
  convex 
  

   on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  slightly 
  concave 
  near 
  the 
  suture; 
  below 
  strongly 
  

   convex 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side, 
  concave 
  near 
  the 
  compressed 
  keel. 
  

   Aperture 
  oblique, 
  subquadrate 
  ; 
  peristome 
  straight, 
  thin, 
  acute. 
  

   Diam. 
  maj. 
  14*5, 
  min. 
  13 
  mm.; 
  alt. 
  4'25 
  mm. 
  

  

  