AtXEICULID-E:. 71 



A very distinct species, most similar in shape to P. pyrami- 

 data, Reeve (not of other authors). 



27. Pythia striata. 



Shell rimate, slightly perforate, ovate-triangular, rather thin, 

 striated longitudinally, little shining, yellowish, irregularly 

 conspersed with reddish-brown spots ; spire regularly conic, 

 with the apex pointed ; varices indistinct, bordered with a pale 

 streak ; whorls ten, flat, the last forming three-fifths of the total 

 length, rather attenuated in front, much compressed near the 

 umbilical groove, which is short and deep ; aperture nearly per- 

 pendicular, roundish-ovate ; parietal teeth two, the upper tri- 

 angular, the other tongue-shaped, descending obliquely ; colu- 

 mellar plait compressed, rather transverse ; peristome whitish, 

 with the margins united by a thin callus ; right margin straight 

 and thin above, then dilated and expanded, bearing within four 

 to five teeth, of which two or three are larger, and the interme- 

 diate ones sometimes bifid ; columellar margin dilated, spread- 

 ing, rather angularly flexuous, slightly reflexed. Length 24, 

 greatest breadth 15, least breadth 12 mill. 



Scarabus striatus, Reeve in Ann. fy Mag. N. H. ix. p. 220. pi. 4. 

 f. 9 ; Conch. Si/st. ii. pi. 188. f. 9. 

 Kiister, Auric, p. G4. t. 9. f. 7. 



A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1850, p. 148 ; Ann. $ Mag. N. H. 

 2 ser. viii. p. 67. 

 Auricula scarabfeus, Quoy et Gaim. Voy. Astrol. ii. p. 162. pi. 13. 



Pythia striata, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 91 ; Mon. Auric, p. 94. 



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

 Ha b. Indian Archipelago ( Quoy) ; San Nicholas, Island of 

 Zebu (H. Chiming). 



28. Pythia pantherina. 



Shell perforate, ovate, somewhat elliptical, rather solid, slightly 

 striated, yellowish, conspersed irregularly with chestnut-co- 

 loured dots ; spire conic, with a somewhat curved outline, and the 

 apex rather blunt ; varices bordered with white and blackish ; 

 whorls nine to ten, scarcely convex, much striated arcuately 

 near the suture, which is linear ; last whorl a little longer than 

 the spire, marked anteriorly with an oblique blackish streak, 

 attenuated, but rather compressed at base ; aperture nearly 

 perpendicular, truncately ovate; parietal teeth two, the upper 

 one triangular, rather divided, the other strong, compressed, 

 slightly grooved externally; columellar plait slightly ascending, 

 produced outwards ; peristome pale, marked often with slight 



