MOELLENDORFF : LAND SHELLS OF CAROLINE ISLANDS. Ill 



decussatula, nitidula, corneo-lutescens. Spira mediocriter elevata, 

 lateribus fere strictis. Anfr. fere 3 convexiusculi, sutura per carinam 

 subexsertam filifornii disjunct!, ultimus ad peripheriam subacute 

 carinatus, antice dilatatus. Apertura sat ampla, fere diagonalis, 

 oblique elliptica, sat excisa, peristoma paullum expansum. 



Diam. maj. 13-5, min. 11, alt. 9'2;apert. lat. 7*5, long. 7, alt. 5*5 mm. 



Hah. — Ponape, in the hills (Etscheid). 



The discovery of this shell was a great surprise, especially as the 

 locality renders the introduction with cultivated plants highly improb- 

 able. Also I do not know of any species of Eulotella nearly 



related to it. 



Fam. HELICIDAE. 



17.— Pupisoma philippinieum, Mlldff. 



N. Bl. D. AI. G., 1888, p. 108; Jahrb. Senck. Nat. Ges., 1890, p. 

 223, t. 8, f. 4. — Tryon, Man. Conch., ix, p. 52, t. 14, figs. 



43—44- 



Hah. — Ponape (Kubary). Most probably introduced from the 

 Philippine Islands, like the Kaliellae. 



Pilsbry includes this curious genus in the Patididae, but I still 

 believe its nearest allies are AcanthinuJa and Zoogenites. 



Fam. PLECTOPYLIDAE. 



18.— Brazieria velata (Hombr. et Jacq.). 



Helix velata, H. and J., Voy. Pol. Sud. Atl., t. 6, figs. 29 — 32 

 (absque descriptione). — Pfr., Mon. Hel., iv, p. 155. — 

 Troclioviorpha velata. Pease, P. Z. S., 187 1, p. 474. — 

 Helix ( Endodonta) velata, Tryon, Man. Conch., iii, p. 61, 

 t. ii, figs. 89 — 91. — Brazieria velata, Ancey, Conch. 

 Exch., 1887, ii, p. 22. — Endodonta (Brazieria) velata, 

 Pilsbry in Tryon, Man. Conch., ix, p. 29, t. 5, figs. 49 — 51. 

 Hah. — Hogolu (Hombr. et Jacq., Brazier), Lukunor or Mortlock 



(Brazier). 

 As Pilsbry justly says, we cannot regard the generic relationship 

 of this mollusc as established until the soft parts are investigated. 

 However, the conchological characters alone, especially the thickened 

 lip and the parietal callus elevated into a lamella, seem to preclude 

 any relation to Endodonta or Gharopa. I am all but sure that it will 

 prove to be nearly related to Pledopylis. We discovered a similar, 

 but much smaller species, in the Philippine Archipelago which I 

 described at first as Pledopylis, later as Brazieria coardata.^ 



I N. Bl. D. M. G., 1S94, p. 113, 1895, p. 159. 



