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for a short distance in front, bluntly keeled, without fringe at 

 the periphery. Aperture oblique, securiform ; peristome strongly 

 thickened and shortly expanded, fuscous ; margins distant, united 

 by a well-defined thick callus on the parietal wall ; columcllar margin 

 sub-vertical, forming an angle with the basal margin, reflected a little 

 [■ over the umbilicus, which is deep and rather narrow, showing the 

 [ penultimate whorl. Diam. maj. 18, min. 17 mm.; alt. 12-5 mm. 



Ilab. — Loo-Choo Islands. 



[ Two specimens were kindly sent me by Mr. J. H. Ponsonby, who 



"informs me he received them from Mr. Robert Cairns. Mr. Fulton 



F drew my attention to the resemblance between these shells and Helix 



'ncejjasma, described by Pfeiffer in 1854, of unknown habitat. Upon 



' comparing them with the type-specimen of that species in the 



I British Museum this identification proved to be correct, and it is 



[ a source of satisfaction to be able to fix the habitat of a species which 



[ had for so many years eluded the searches of naturalists. The type 



j shell being much worn and decorticated, the published figures in 



Peeve' s "Conchologia Iconica" and Tryon's "Manual of Conchology" 



j are not very satisfactory, and I have therefore thought it advisable 



i to give an illustration of one of these two specimens, which are in 



L beautiful condition. E. scepasma is allied to the preceding species, but 



differs in being much larger and more solid, while the triangular scales 



covering the cuticle are much smaller and more crowded, and the 



peripheral fringe is absent. The second specimen is a trifle smaller 



than the one figured, measuring: diam. maj. 17, min. 16 mm.; 



alt. 12 mm. 



26. Eulota (^Egista) oculus, Pfr. Precise habitat not indicated. 

 Hitherto only recorded from Ty-pin-san, in the Nambu-Shoto (Madji- 

 cosima) group. Chocolate brown, with a whitish peripheral band and 

 rosy peristome. One specimen is pale yellowish-brown. 



Diam. maj. 25, min. 2T5mm. ; alt. 13-75 nun. 

 „ 19-25, „ 17 „ „ 10-75 „ 



27. Eulota (Elhadra) connivens, Pfr. Kikaiga-shima, Osumi. 

 Four specimens. A more compressed form than the type, with 

 rounded periphery and blackish-brown peripheral band. Peristome 

 much thickened. One specimen is of a russet brown with rosy 

 peristome. This form somewhat resembles a miniature E. miranda. 



Diam. maj. 22, min. 19'5mm. ; alt. 14 mm. 

 „ „ 20-5, „ 18 „ „ 12-75 „ 



Two specimens. Pearly white, with a narrow light-brown band. 

 Diam. maj 15 5, min. 13 - 5 mm. ; alt. 10mm. 

 :, „ 16-5, ,, 14 ,, ,, 10 ,, 



28. Eulota (Euhadra) Largillterti, Phil. Shafle. Thirty 

 > specimens. Some bandless, some with one dark-brown peripheral 

 ' band. One specimen has a pale greenish-yellow band. 



Diam. maj. 27-5, min. 24 mm.; alt. 24-5 mm. 

 ,, ,, 26, ,, 22-5 ,, ,, 22 - 5 ,, 



,, ,, 24'5, ,, 21 ,, ,, 21 ,, 



