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Eulimus Kokoensis, Garrett. Plate 18, fig. 9. 



Shell subperforate, solid, subcylindrical, coarsely and rudely 

 striated, somewhat transversely rugose, cinereous ©r pale lutens, 

 sometimes flesh red ; spire conical, convex in outline, obtuse, 

 about half the length of the shell; whorls 5, strongly convex, 

 the last one narrow, contracted on the middle; suture rudely im- 

 pressed ; aperture subauriform, long, narrow, contracted oppo- 

 site the columella fold, white or tawny-yellow ; peristome white, 

 labiate within, reflected, sinuous ; columella with a stout white 

 oblique fold ; parietal region covered with a white callus. 



Length, 53 mill.; diam., 18 mill. 



Habitat, Koro Isl., Viti Isles. (Coll. Garrett and Phila. Acad.) 



This singular species is peculiar to the Island of Koro, where 

 it is very abundant in the central valleys. They were found 

 lurking under loose stones, rotten wood, and among decayed 

 leaves. About one example in a hundred exhibits slight traces 

 of a brownish- horn colored epidermis, disposed in irregular lon- 

 gitudinal stripes. They are often much distorted, and some spe- 

 cimens are much more attenuated than the dimensions given 

 above. Very old shells are frequently denticulated on the peris- 

 tome. This species is closely allied to B. Kantavuensis, Crosse, 

 dour, de Conch. 1871, t. 5,'l\ 3, from the Island of Kantavu. 



