68 ATJRICTTLID2E. 



Pythia celebensis, Pfr. in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 299; Mon. 

 Auric, p. 89. 



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



Hab. Isle of Celebes. 



22. Pythia Cumingiana. 



Shell shortly and deeply rimate, ovate-triangular, rather solid, 

 marked Math slightly wrinkled longitudinal strise, yellowish- 

 brown ; spire convexly conic, with the apex acute ; varices 

 bordered with white, the upper ones indistinct, the last ones 

 strongly prominent; whorls nine, scarcely convex, the last 

 forming four-sevenths of the total length, bag-shaped at base, 

 very slightly compressed ; aperture rather oblique, truncately 

 ovate; parietal teeth two, large, the upper one elongate, de- 

 scending from the angle of insertion, rather trimcate anteriorly, 

 the other tongue-shaped, arcuately descending inwards, thick- 

 ened externally by a short tubercle ; columellar plait com- 

 pressed, nearly horizontal ; peristome much thickened and re- 

 flexed, with the right margin cut out above, sinuated, dilated at 

 its lower part, furnished within with four or five teeth, three 

 of which are stronger ; columellar margin convex, spreading. 

 Length 30, greatest breadth 19, least breadth 15 mill. 



Scarabus Cumingianus, Petit in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 3. 



Kilster, Auric, p. 63. t. 9. f. 5, 6. 



A. Adams and Reeve in Voy. Samarang, p. 56. pi. 14. f. 16. 



A. Adams in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 150 ; Ann. Sf Mag. 

 N. H. 2 ser. viii. p. 68. 

 Pythia Cumingiana, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 86 ; Mm. Auric, p. 89. 



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

 Hab. Philippine Islands, Zebu and Negros (H. Cuming). 



23. Pythia undata. 



Shell subumbilicate, compressedly ovate, solid, crowdedly 

 sculptured with longitudinal waving folds, opaque, greenish- 

 brown ; spire eonoidal, acuminated, with the varices scarcely 

 prominent, forming a whitish zigzag streak ; suture linear, very 

 irregular ; whorls nine, the upper ones flattened, the last form- 

 ing two-thirds of the total length, more convex, slightly atte- 

 nuated in front ; aperture perpendicular, narrow ; parietal plaits 

 two, strong, the upper one triangular, divided, the other tooth- 

 shaped, curved downwards, doubled externally ; columellar plait 

 rather square ; peristome widely expanded, slightly reflexed ; 

 right margin bearing four deeply-placed teeth ; columellar mar- 



