AUKICULIDJE. in 



Pythia trigona, H. and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. ii. p. 240. 

 Hab. Putuloz near Bintang (Troschel); Borneo {A. Adams); 

 Sorsogon, Isle of Luzon (H. Cuming). 



2. Pythia inflata. 



Shell elongately rimate, compressed globose-conic, rather 

 smooth, dark violaceous-brownish, with irregular white bands 

 and spots ; spire short, conoidal, pointed ; varices indistinct, 

 not distinguished in colour ; whorls seven, rather flat, the last 

 forming three-fourths of the total length, a little descending, 

 inflated ; aperture nearly perpendicular, extremely narrow ; 

 parietal teeth three, the upper one compressed, almost vertical, 

 the second large, tongue-shaped, curved downwards, the third 

 smaller, approximate to the second; columellar plait com- 

 pressed, transverse ; peristome slightly reflexed, with the mar- 

 gins united by a sinuous callus; right margin provided with 

 deeply placed small teeth, of which three are larger and pro- 

 minent, narrow hear the insertion, much dilated towards the 

 base; columellar margin dilated, spreading. Greatest length 

 27, greatest breadth 20, least breadth 14 mill. 



Pythia inflata, Pfr. in Zeitschr.f. Malak. 1853, p. 192 ; Syn. Auric. 



n. 73; Novit Conch, i. p. 7. n. 11. pi. 3. f. 3, 4; Man. Auric. 



p. 76. 



H. and A. Adams, Gen. rex;. Moll. ii. p. 240. 

 Scarabus plicatus, var., Metcalfe in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 72 ? 

 Hab. Isle of Borneo. 



3. Pythia plicata. 



Shell elongately and arcuately rimate, not umbilicated. com- 

 pressed ovate-conic, indistinctly keeled laterally, slightly stri- 

 ate, rather shining, reddish-grey, with violaceous bands, or 

 brownish-violaceous, with irregular pale bands and spots, white 

 anteriorly ; spire conic, acute ; varices white, not prominent ; 

 suture very slight; whorls nine, flat, the last forming nearly 

 three-fifths of the total length, compressed at base; aperture 

 perpendicular, extremely narrow ; parietal teeth two, the upper 

 one compressed, acute, vertical, the other larger, tongue-shaped, 

 entering obliquely; columellar plait strong, transverse, some- 

 what ascending inwards ; peristome white, provided within with 

 deeply placed unequal small teeth ; right margin slightly sinuate, 

 and scarcely expanded above, much dilated and spreading to- 

 wards the base ; columellar margin slightly thickened, spread- 

 ing. Greatest length 20, greatest breadth 18, least breadth 

 \:',\ mill. 



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