from the Persian Gulf, &c. 153 



Minolta charmosyne'*, sp. n. (PI. V. fig. 25.) 



M. testa gradata, conica, solidula, tornata, fusco-varieg ita ; anfrac- 

 tibus sex, quorum duo albi, miuufci, apicale3, laeves, ceteris infra 

 suturas acute carinatis, supernis una, ultimo anfractu duabus 

 carinis pnedito, inter has spiralitcr unilirato, simul ac ad basin 

 et circa umbilicum profuudum, sed angustum, multia liris 

 decorato, interstitialiter minute longitudinaliter tenuiter rugosi- 

 striatulo ; apertura rotunda, peristomate tenui, columella 

 paullulum reflexa. 



Alt. 5, diarn. 4 mm. 



1 1 ah. Karachi. 



A little, prettily variegated and acutely tornate Minolta, 

 of which we have also seen an albino variety which might 

 be termed var. albinella. The upper whorls are smooth, the 

 1) idy-whorl alone showing very fine longitudinal strise inter- 

 stitially, while round the narrow but deep umbilicus this is 

 more pronounced, causing a delicately shagreened appearance ; 

 the spiral lirge here are three or four in number, and four 

 between the periphery and the base. 



Minolta (Conotrochus) euti/chesf, sp. n. 

 (PI. V. fig. 26.) 



M. testa oblongo-fusiformi, cincrea, delicata ; anfractibus 8, quorum 

 apice ipso minuto, subplanato, caeteris ad suturas multum im- 

 pressis, centraliter carinatis, car in am supra mediam spiraliter 

 lente uniliratis, et, infra, juxta sutura, carina secunda forti, sed 

 minus prominula prseditis, undique longitudinaliter minute et 

 arctissime lamellosis, cinereis, ad carinas et supra tessellato- 

 maculat is, ultimo tribus carinis decorato, versus basin paullum 

 excavato, concentrice lirato ; umbilicis prof undo, angusto ; apcr- 

 tura rotunda, peristomate continuo, tenui. 



Long. 5, lat. 2-2'j mm. 



Hub. Persian Gulf, Muscat, 10-30 fathoms. 



Allied to G. holdsworthianus \, G. & H. Nevill, which 

 occurs at Karachi, with a wide range extending to Singapore 

 (Archer). From this it differs in form, being more oblong, 

 in colour, no bright tinting, in 8 against 5 whorls. Seveial 

 examples occurred, all very similar, 



* x a Pl loa " vr )i a delight. 



■f euTiixv*, fortunate. 



X Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1871, p. 3, pi. i. fig. 18. 



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