44 Mr. E. A. Smith on Species of 



29. Planaxis lineatus. B.M. 



Bucdnum lineatum, Da Costa, Brit. Conchol. p. 130, pi. 8. fig. 5 ; DiU- 

 wyn, Cat. vol. ii. p. 626. no. 91 ; Wood, Ind. Test. pi. 23. tig. 92. 



Buccimnn pedicnlare, Lamarck, Anim. s. Vert. vol. vii. p. 275 ; Kiener, 

 Coq. Viv. p. 72. no. 71, pi. 25. 



Planaxis lineata, Duval, Rev, Zool. 1840, p. 107 ; Jay, Cat. Shells, ed. 4, 

 1850. 



Hah. West Indies, St. Vincent and Jamaica. 



30. Planaxis succinctus. B.M. 



Planaxis succincta, A.. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 272. 

 Hab. West Indies. 



The difference between this species and lineatus, Da Costa, 

 is very slight, consisting chiefly in its having the spire more 

 acuminate and the spiral brown lines finer and fewer in number 

 upon a pale yellow ground, instead of white as in lineatus. 



31. Planaxis Hermannseni. 



Planaxis Hermannseni, Dunker, Novit. Conchol. Suppl. ii. p. 16, pi. 2. 

 figs. 33, 34. 



Hah. Benguela, west coast of Africa. 



Dunker observes that it is allied to P. lineatus, Da Costa, 

 but distinguished by its larger size and more inflated last 

 whorl. Also approaches P. striatulus, Philippi. 



32. Planaxis virgatus. B.M. 



P. testa elongata, acuminata, lutea, lineis spiralibus paucis et virgis 

 obliquis irregularibus rufo-fuscis ornata ; anfr. 8, parum convexi ; 

 primi 4 et ultimus basi transversim valide siilcati, cseteri Iseves vel 

 indistincte striati ; apertura anguste ovata ; labrum margins acuto, 

 intus incrassatum, denticulatum ; columella postice baud callosa. 



Long. 8 miU., diam. 4. 



Hab. Fiji Islands, New Caledonia. 



This species somewhat approaches P. ineptus, Gould. It 

 differs, however, in its much larger size, oblique brown irre- 

 gular stripes, and the entire absence of a posterior callosity. 

 The last whorl is a little contracted at the lower part, thus 

 forming a short cauda. 



33. Planaxis variabilis. B.M. 



P. testa parva, elongato-acuminata, alba, lineis spiralibus numerosis 

 pallido-rufis cincta ; anfr. 8, planiusculi, apice et basi valide, 

 medio leviter spiraliter sulcati ; apertura parva, spira paululum 

 brevior ; columella basi brunneo tincta, caUo postico nidlo ; labrum 

 crassum, intus denticulatum. 



Long. 6 mill., diam. 3. 



