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Hah. — New Guinea. 



Type in Colonel Beddome's collection. 

 . Compared with its only known ally, C. selenitoides, from Buru, the 

 new species is larger, has ^ whorl more, a relatively larger diameter, 

 and shorter axis, the whorls are more flattened, the umbilicus is wider, 

 and the columellar margin of the peristome ascends farther into the 

 umbilicus, while the aperture is more dilated transversely, and the 

 peristome is more expanded. Dedicated to Colonel Beddome, who 

 received the shell from the Leyden Museum, and who has kindly 

 placed this and two other species in my hands for description. 



Chloeitis holoserica, n.sp. PI. XIII, Figs. 2, 2a. 



Shell umbilicated, discoid, pale chestnut brown, finely striated, 

 shining under a velvety deciduous cuticle ; spire plane, suture shallow. 

 "VYhorls 5, increasing slowly and regularly (the last rather suddenly), 

 subangulated above, rounded at the side and below ; last whorl 

 a little dilated behind the peristome, descending nearlj^ as far as the 

 periphery, not deflected in front. Aperture oblique, roundly crescentic ; 

 margins distant, united by a slightly raised flexuous callus, upper 

 margin ascending slightly at first, then arcuate ; basal nearly straight ; 

 columellar dilated a little, ascending forward, slightly overhanging the 

 narrow deep umbilicus, peristome white or roseate, thickened, expanded, 

 and reflexed. Diam. maj. 24, min. 21-5 mm. ; alt. 12-5 mm. 



Hah. — North New Guinea (Mus. Cuming), 



Type in the British Museum ? 



Two specimens from the Cuming Collection were labelled C. Gruneri, 

 var. They are, however, distinct, measuring more than one-third less in 

 diameter, and not being granulated like that species ; the plane spire, 

 wider umbilicus, and much less developed peristome and callus still 

 further separate this species. 



Chloeitis teres, n.sp. PI. XIII, Figs. 3, 3a. 



Shell moderately umbilicated, depressed conoid, fulvous corneous, 

 irregularly striated, shining under a velvety deciduous cuticle (Fig. 3«), 

 somewhat sparsely covered with stiff, short, dark bristles arranged in 

 quincunx ; when denuded, the surface is seen to be studded with small 

 tubercles placed in shallow depressions. Whorls 4-4^, increasing 

 slowly, the last rather suddenly, and dilated towards the mouth, 

 deeply deflected in front, tumid, scarcely angled round the umbilicus. 

 Aperture subrotundate, oblique, margins convergent ; peristome white 

 or tinged with fuscous, thin, a little expanded, not reflexed ; margins 

 curved, evenly, columellar obliquely ascending, triangularly dilated, and 

 slightly overhanging the moderate umbilicus. Diam. maj. 19-5, I 

 min. 16 mm.; alt. 13 mm. 



Hab. — New Ireland (Cox Collection). 



Type in the British Museum. 



A series of shells was received from Messrs. Sowerby & Fulton, 

 accompanied by a note in Dr. Cox's writing — " I can't come to any 

 conclusion about these specimens. From New Ireland." At first it was 

 thought they pertained to C. eustoma, but upon careful comparison 



