28 Messrs. J. C. Melvlll and J. H. Ponsonby on 



form at all, as is the case in E. thelodonta and other allied 

 forms. 



We received the above from Mr. Robert Cairns, of Ashton- 

 under-Lyne. 



Ennea eximia *, sp. n. (PI. VIII. fig, 8.) 



Vi'. testa obesa, cylindracea, apice obtusissimo, semipellucida, albida 

 Tcl pallidc slraminea ; anfractibus octo, ad suturas impressis, 

 paullum tumidulis, uudique longitudinaliter obbque pulcherrime 

 filo-striatis ; apcrtura lunari ; peristomate albido, nitido, incras- 

 sato, deiitibus vel plicis quatuorinstructo, plica parietali iritrante, 

 buic proximo parvo dentc labiali, ct, versus basin, altero dente 

 labiali, in uno spccimine bifido, plica columellari interna, valde 

 intrante, planiuscula. 



Long. 9, lat. 4 mm. 



Hah. Between Delagoa Bay and Barberton, Transvaal. 



A large and conspicuous as well as remarkably beautiful 

 species. It is whitish or pale straw-coloured, cylindraceous, 

 stout, eight-whorled, the apex and apical whorls being exceed- 

 ingly obtuse, longitudinally uniformly most evenly filostriate ; 

 the ajjcrture is lunar ; peristome white, tliickcned, with tlie 

 following teeth or plaits : — a parietal thin, deep-seated ; two 

 labial, one close to the parietal plait and very small, the other 

 larger, towards the basal region, and in one specimen bifid ; 

 the columellar plait is wholly internal, deep-seated, and 

 flattened. 



Two specimens. 



DORCASIA, Gray. 



§ TuLBAGHiNiA, subgen. uov. 



iShell as in typical Eorcasia, excepting in the possession of 

 three contiguous teeth, more or less well developed on the 

 inner base of the peristome. 



Dorcasia {Talbaghinia) isomerioides. sp. n. 

 (PI. VIII. tig. 10.) 



D. testa depresso-orbiculari, profunde uml)ilicata, umbilico infundi- 

 bidit'ornii, solidiuscula, albida, (.'pidcrmido olivaceo-brunnca con- 

 tecta, si)ira subconica, apice ipso planato; anfractibus quinque, 

 ultimo rapidc accrescentc, undique longitudinaliter obliqui-striatis, 

 striis rudibus inaqualibus ; a])ortura obliqua, ovata, intus 

 brunnco-cincrca ; peristomate nitido, albo, fere continuo, paullum 

 extus incrassato, retlcxo, supra umbilicum dilataute, dcntil)us 

 tribus parvis coutiguis basalibus pra;dito. 



Diam. max. 29|, min. 25; alt. 12 mm. 



Ilah. Winterhock Mountains, Tulbagh district, 

 t Eximius, choice. 



