On a new Land- Shell from Christmas Island. 551 



to the male, with all the white markings on the uiidcrsiJe 

 more distinct. 



Expanse, (^^ 3^, ? 4 inches. 



Bab. N.E. Rhodesia. 



LX. — Description of a new Land-Shell from Christmas 

 Island. By Edgar A. Smith, I.S.O. 



A SMALL collection of non-marine Mollusca, recently sent to 

 the Natural History Museum for identification by Dr. R. 

 Hanitsch, of the Raffles Museum, Singapore, contains the 

 following new species of Jaminia from Christmas Island, in 

 the Indian Ocean, and also two or three other forms previously 

 unknown from this remote locality. These will be referred 

 to in a paper which Dr. Hanitsch proposes tQ publish as a 

 supplement to the ' Monograph of Christmas Island ^ by 

 Dr. 0. W. Andrews. 



Jaminia proscripta. 



Testa minuta, oblonga, cylindrica, umbilicata, fusco-cornca, lineis 

 increraenti tenuibus striata ; anfractus 5, perconvexi, sutura 

 profunda leviter obUqua sejuncti, ultimus antice leviter ascendeus, 

 pone labrumindentatus; labrum pallidum, expausum,subretlexum, 

 margine externo in medio intus leviter promiuens ; apertura 

 quinque-dentata ; dentes duo parietales inosquales, columellaris 

 minutus, palatales duo lamelliformes, subaequales, ab margine 

 labri remoti. 



Longit. 2-25 mm., diam. -9. 



Hab. Flying Fish Cove. 



The type will be preserved in the British Museum. 



