MOELLENDORFF : LAND SHELLS OF CAROLINE ISLANDS. II^ 



Fam. SUCCINEIDAE. 

 30.— Sueeinea (Braehyspira) guamensis, Pfr. 



Mon. Hel., iv, p. 805. 



Hob. — Ponape (Etscheid). 



Pfeiffer states Guam as the habitat of this species, but Quadras 

 found no Brachijspira on thati sland. My specimens from Ponape, 

 and from Corror of the Pelevv islands are smaller, but otherwise agree 

 well with Pfeiffer's description. 



Fam. AURICULIDAE. 



31.— Pythia acuta (Hombr. et Jacq.). 



Scarahus acutus, H. et J., Voy. Pol. Sud. Zool., iv, p. 39, t. 10, figs. 



I — 3. — Pythia acuta, Pfr., Aur., p. 98. 

 Hah. — Hogolu = Ruk (H. et J.), Ponape (Kubary). 



32.— Cassidula philippinarum, Hidalgo. 

 J. de Conchyl, 1888, p. 53, t. vi, f. 7. 

 Hah. — Ponape (Kubary). 



Fam. DIPLOMMATINIDAE. 

 33.-Palaina (Eupalaina) doliolum (Mouss.). 



Mousson in sched., Mlldff., N. Bl. D. M. G., 1897, p. 41.— Kob. et 

 Mlldff., Cat Pneum., ibid., 189S, p. 132. 



Hah. — Ponape (Mousson, Etscheid, Kubary). 



This pretty little shell I received first from Mousson, who never 

 published a description of it ; he did not state who collected it. It 

 was found in the bush on Ponape by my collectors in great numbers. 

 By the pale band on the last whorl it resembles P. taeniolata, Q. and 

 Mlldff., from Guam. As in that species, young specimens are white, 

 the secretion of colour commencing when the shell is nearly adult. 

 There are some rare colour varieties ; uniform reddish or yellow. 



34.— Palaina (Eupalaina) kubapyi, Mlldff. 



N. Bl., 1897, p. 42.— Kob. et Mlldff., ibid., 1898, p. 132. 

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



Longer than the preceding species, the costulation much narrower, 

 no band, peristome duplicate, not triplicate. 



35.— Palaina (Eupalaina) ovatula, Ailldff. 



N. Bl., 1897, p. 42.— Kob. et Mlldff., ibid., 1898, p. 132. 



Hah. — Ponape (Etscheid, Kubary). 



Much smaller, costulate-striate, pale horn-coloured, only 5 whorls. 



