Zoological Society. S97 



Descriptions of twelve new species of Vitrina and 



succinea, from the collection of h. cuming, esq. 



By Dr. L. Pfeiffer. 



1. Vitrina luzonica, Pfr. V. testd depressd, tenui, Icevigatd, 

 nitifld, peUuckId, mired ; spird planinsculd ; suturd simpUce, 

 vix impressd ; anfractibus 3 sensim accrescent ihiis, ultimo svh- 

 (Icpresso, peripherid rotvndato, basi lato ; aperturd obliqud, 

 limari-ovali ; peristomate tenui, margine sypero antrorsum sub- 

 arcitato, cohnnellari tenuissimo, decUvi. 



Diam. maj. 7\, min. 5|, alt. 4 mill. 



H(7b. Sorsogon, insulse Luzon (H. Cuming). 



2. Vitrina Verreauxii, Pfr. V. testd depressd, striafuld, 

 tenui, diaphand, 2)arnm nitente, olivaceo-fidvd ; spird subpla- 

 nidatd ; suturd impressd, marginatd ; anfractibus 3\ rapide 

 accrescentibus, ultimo depresso, basi angusto, planiusculo ; 

 aperturd perobliqud, ampld, lunari-ovaJi ; peristomate simplice, 

 acuto, marginibus approximatis, dextro antrorsum arcuato, 

 columellari breviter recedente, leriter arcuato. 



Diam. maj. 13, min. 10, alt. 6 mill. 

 Hab. in Australia (Verreaux). 



3. Vitrina Strangei, Pfr. V. testd depressd, tenuissimd, Ice- 

 vigatd, nitidd, fusco- vel virenti-corned ; spird parvd, vix con- 

 vexiusculd, vertice stibtili, laterali ; suturd impressd, sidjmargi- 

 natd ; anfractibus 3 vix convexiusculis, rapide accrescentibus, 

 ultimo superne depresso, peripherid rotvndato, basi convexiore ; 

 aperturd obliqud, ampld, lunari-subcirculari ; peristomate sim- 

 plice, obtusulo, marginibus approxitnatis, dextro antrorsum di- 

 latato, columellari recedente, perarcuato, angustissime membra- 

 naceo-marginato. 



Diam. maj. 10, min. 7\, alt. 5 mill. 



Hab. Brisbane, in ora orientali Novse HoUandige (Strange). 



4. SucciNEA acuta, Pfr. S. testd oblongd, subfusiformi, tenui, 

 distincte striata et minute malleatd, nitidissimd, pellucidd, 

 rosed, epidermide decidud fulvd munitd ; spird subelongatd, co- 

 nicd, acutd ; suturd profundd ; anfractibus A convexis, ultimo 

 f longitudinis vi-x (Bquante, basi attenuato ; columelld snbcal- 

 losd, substricte recedente ; aperturd axi fere par alleld, oblongo- 

 ovali, superne angulatd ; peristomate simplice, temii, margine 

 dextro leviter arcuato. 



Long. 20, diam. 9\, alt. 7 mill.; aj). 12 mill, longa, medio 7 lata. 



Hab. in Britannifi, prope Scarborough. 



It is impossible to join this beautiful shell to any of the varieties 

 of 5. pufris, from which it diflPers by its colour, by the elongated and 

 sharply-pointed spire, whorls more convex, nearly straight columella, 

 and oblong-ovate aperture. 



5. SucciNEA SUBGRANOSA, Pfr. S. testd elUptico-oratd, tenui, 

 subgranulato-striatd, diaphand, parum nitidd, pallide corned ; 

 spird brevi, obti/siusculd ; anfractibus vix 3 convexis, ultimo 



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