S74 Mr. J. Nietner on new Ceylon Coleoptera. 



peculiar form, named by Dr. Gould Agadina cucullata, which 

 seems to belong to the family Limacinida, was taken in the 

 towing-net during the passage of H.M.S. ' Actseon' across the 

 North Atlantic, besides numerous interesting oceanic Crusta- 

 ceans, including the genera Lucifer, Hijperia, Phyllosoma, Am- 

 phion, Oxycephalus, Alima, and Pontia. 



I am, Gentlemen, 



Yours very truly, 



Arthur Adams. 



Macgillivrayia echinata, A. Adams. 

 M. testa cornea, diaphana, subglobosa, Isevi, nitida ; anfractibus 2^ 



serie spinarum acutarum vitrearum armatis ; apertura semiovata ; 



labio autice producto, in spinam acutam desinente. 

 Hab. in Oceano Atlantico Boreali. 



Shell horny, pellucid, subglobose, smooth, shining; whorls 

 2\, with a series of long, sharp, vitreous spines round the pe- 

 riphery, directed upwards and outwards. Aperture semioval; 

 columellar lip produced anteriorly into a long pointed spine. 

 Operculum annular, with the nucleus subcentral. 



Taken in the towing-net in the vicinity of the Cape de Verd 

 Islands. 



This species differs from all the others known by the whorls 

 being armed with a series of recurved calcareous spines. 



XXIX. — Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. 

 By John Nietner, Colombo, Ceylon. 



[Continued from p. 249.] 



Anchista, n. g., N. 



Corpus depressum, ovatum. Mentum dente magno obtuse, lobis 

 parum breviore, his extus rotuudatis, apice acuminatis. Palpi ro- 

 bust!, maxillares art. ultimo magno ovato, apice obtuso, labiales art. 

 ultimo valde securiformi. Ligula cornea apice obtuse acuminata, 

 labri marginem anteriorem attingens. (Paraglossae a me uon dis- 

 sectse.) Labrum transversim quadratura. Mandibulse simplices apice 

 arcuatse et acuminatse. Antennae robustse art. 1° mediocri, 2° brevi, 

 3° quarto paulo longiore, 4-10 svibsequalibus, 11° penultimo parum 

 longiore. Thorax longitudine latior, angvdis anticis rotundatis, 

 medio obsolete angulatus, basi angu status, anguHs rectis. Elytra 

 apice quadrate truncata. Pedes robusti, tarsi art. 4° profuude bilo- 

 bato, unguibus fortiter pectiuatis. 



