194 i\rr. E. A. Smith on 



surfaces. In P. 7iaso and P. gcminn tlic last whorl is pecu- 

 liarly produced beyond the black lip. The present species 

 has a similar kind of inflation of the keel behind the lip, but 

 it does not project beyond the peristome. Named in honour 

 of Mr. Meek, who at considerable personal risk collected in 

 this dangerous country. 



Chloritis (Sulcobasis) glubosa, Preston, var. major. 



Testa globosa, umbilicata, solidiuscula, saturate fusca, lineis in- 

 crementi oblique arcuatis striata, sub lente undique microscopice 

 graimlata ; spira breviter convexe couoidea, ad apicem obtusa ; 

 anfractus 5, convexiusculi, ultimus magnus, globosus, antice 

 prope aperturam breviter descendens ; apertura obliqua, late 

 lunata, intus purpureo-fusca ; peristoma album, mediocriter ex- 

 pansum et reflcxum, margiuibus callo tenui junctis, columellari 

 dilatato, supra umbilicum partim expanse, niveo. 



Diam. maj. 40 mm., min. 32, alt. 30. Apertura cum perist. 

 25 longa, 20 alta. 



Hab. British New Guinea. 



Like the type of C globosa, Preston (Pioc. Malac. Soc. 

 vol. V. p. 17, fig.)> ^i^it larger, the body-whorl being larger in 

 proportion to the spire and the peristome more widely 

 expanded. Occurring in a different district from that of the 

 typical form, which was described from the " Northern 

 ('oast " of British New Guinea, C. stiruphora. Smith, 

 another allied form, occurs near Cloudy Bay on the south- 

 eastern extremity of the island, 



Rhyssota bisculptUis . 



Testa depresse globosa, mediocriter tenuis, anguste perforata, supra 

 fuscescens, baud nitida, infra flavescens, in medio pallide fusces- 

 cens, polita, epidermide tenui, tiavo-olivacea, undique induta ; 

 spira depresse convexa, ad apicem obtusa ; anfractus 5, supra 

 parum convexi, striis mimitis increraenti elevatis confertis pul- 

 cberrime sculpti, ultimus supra plus minus etiam malleatus, ad 

 peripheriam obsolete obtuse carinatus, infra striis concentricis 

 miiiutis confertis undulatis, et incremeuti liueis concinne sculptus ; 

 apertura obhqiia, late lunata, intus fuscescens ; peristoma leviter 

 incrassatum, simplex, dilute fuscescens, margiuibus remotis, 

 columellari ad insertionem breviter dilatato et reflexo. 



Diam. maj. 35 mm., min. 21). Apertura 19 longa, 16 alta. 



Hab. British New Guinea. 



Nanina campylonuta, Tapparone Canefri (Ann. Mus. Stor. 

 nat. Genova, 1883, vol. xix. p. 199, pi. v. fig. 11), appears to 

 be very similar in form to the present species, but is 



