gude: helicoid land shells from japan, etc. 71 



This new species, -which belongs to the group of CMoritis 

 hrevidens, Pfr., differs from all known species by its thin, fragile, 

 semi-transparent texture. It extends the known range of this genus 

 to the northward and westward, Southern China being the most 

 northern and the Philippine Islands the most western previously 

 recorded habitats. 



5. Ganesella myomphala, Martens. Hirado, province Hizen. Ten 

 specimens. A very fine large form. 



Diaru. maj. 43, min. 37 mm. ; alt. 32 mm. 

 Tanabe, province Kii. Ten specimens. 



Diam. maj. 36, min. 31 mm. ; alt. 25 mm. 

 Izuhara, Tsu-shima. Ten specimens. 



Diam. maj. 36, min. 32 mm. ; alt. 28 mm. 

 Var. fusca, var. nov. More solid and much darker than the type. 

 Lilt blackish brown. 



Jvokubu, province Hida Two specimens. 



Diam. maj. 37, min. 31 mm. ; alt. 31 mm. 

 ,, ,, 39, ,, 36 ,, ,, 37 ,, 

 Var. minor. 

 Fukura, Awaji Island. One specimen. 



Diam. maj. 25, min'. 22-5 mm. ; alt. 18*5 mm. 



6. Ganesella tabtjensis, Anc. = patruelis, A. Ad. 

 Kaminoho, province Mino. One specimen. 



Diam. maj. 20, min. 19 mm.; alt. 17 mm. 



7. Ganesella sphinctostoma, A. Ad. The form figured by Kobelt, 

 Fauna Moll, extram. Jap., t. 2, f. 11. 



Ibuku Mountain, province Omi. Two specimens. 

 Diam. maj. 20, min. 18 mm. ; alt. 15 mm. 



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8. Ganesella Hilgendorfi, Kob. 



Ibuku Mountain, province Omi. Two specimens. 



Diam. maj. 12, min. 10 - 75 mm. ; alt. 8 mm. 



io.(; 11 q 



ii ii l " u i ii x L ii ii u ii 



9. Ganesella eumenes, West. Ten specimens. Hirado, province 

 Hizen. Hitherto only recorded from Mizu, Kiu-siu. 



Diam. maj. 13-5, min. 11 mm.; alt. 9 - 25 mm. 

 „ „ 12, „ 10-5,, „ 8-5 „ 



10. Eulota (s.s.) Sieboldiana, Pfr., var. minor. Kioto. Two 

 specimens. 



Diam. maj. 11, min. 10mm.; alt. 10 - 5mm. 

 ii ii 10. D, ,, 9 ,, ,, 9 ,, 



11. Eclota (Plectotropis) ^mula, n.sp. PI. VIII, Figs. 9-11. 

 Shell widely umbilicated, trochoid, rather thin, dark corneous-brown. 



Spire elevated, suture impressed, apex prominent, acute. Whorls 6, 

 increasing slowly, a little rounded above, tumid below, angulated 

 round the wide umbilicus, transversely striated, decussated with 



