72 AURICULID^E. 



reddish-brown string ; right margin straight above, then dilated 

 and expanded, bearing within five teeth, of which three are 

 stronger ; columellar margin broad, spreading, scarcely flexuous. 

 Length 28, greatest breadth 17, least breadth 13^ mill. 



Scarabus pantherinus, A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1850, p. 152 ; 



Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. 2 ser. viii. p. 70. 

 Scarabus pyramidatus, Kiist. Auric, p. 62. t. 9. f. 3, 4 : Mouss. 



Jav. Moll. p. 49. t. 5. f. 10. 

 Pythia pantherina, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 92 ; Mon. Auric, p. 94. 

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



/3. Chestnut-coloured, with pale spots. 

 Scarabus Petiverianus, Reeve in Ann. $• May. N. H. ix. p. 220. 

 pi. 4. f. 7? ; Conch. Syst. ii. pi. 188. f. 7? 

 Kiist. Auric, p. 11. t. 1. f. 7 ? 



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

 2 ser. viii. p. 67. 



y. Smaller, pale, more slender. 



Hub. Philippine Islands (H. Cuming) ; Java (Zollingen) ; Bor- 

 neo (A. Adams) ; Celebes. 



29. Pythia Borneensis. 



Shell with a short and deep umbilical furrow, rather perfo- 

 rate, conically ovate, solid, very minutely decussated, yellowish- 

 brown, with irregular chestnut-coloured bands and striae ; 

 spire convexly conoidal, rather acuminated ; varices yellow, not 

 prominent ; suture rather regular, impressed ; whorls eight to 

 nine, rather flat, the last forming two-thirds of the total length, 

 more convex, rather swollen at base, compressed anteriorly; 

 aperture perpendicular, narrow ; parietal teeth three, the upper 

 one triangular, acute, the longer side perpendicular, the shorter 

 oblique, the second tongue-shaped, descending inwards, the 

 third minute, parallel with the second ; columellar plaits two, 

 the one vertical, straight, the other lunate, rather ascending ; 

 peristome livid, the right margin bearing far within an oblique 

 callus, with five to six irregular teeth, scarcely reflexed above, 

 widely expanded and effused at its lower part; columellar 

 margin dilated, spreading. Length 23^, greatest breadth 14, 

 least breadth 11 mill. 



Scarabus Borneensis, A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1850, p. 152 ; Ann. 



$ Mag. N.H.2 ser. viii. p. 70. 

 Pythia Borneensis, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 93 ; Mon. Auric, p. 95. 

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



Hab. Borneo (Taylor). 



