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L. i-i \MMI \. IM.il. IM. I 



Narrow, thin, \\lmrU .-Mainly convex, the la-t with ob 

 distinctly an-'ulated periphery -pirally 



i t 'Hated or with of <-h-t nut. i _'u mill. 



Thinner and narrower, and without tin- violet columeihi of the 



preceding species. In the form liirmvd l>y Reeve a> /,. //,,- 

 tlu- peripheral alible i- !-- prominent. A. //////,/,/, (j 

 tin. "><' . nls apprars to ! a -yiionyin. 



Our iniisoiun possesses specimen- tVoin Toil Natal. South Ah 

 prohal>ly referable to this species. 

 L \I;I:I:I:A\-, Phil. PI. 43, fig. 32. 



Thin, slender, with rounded whorls and deep suture, fin.-lv -pi- 

 rally striated, plicately decussated by growth \\\\c< ; tie.-h white, the 

 ridges opaque, lip and columella thinly reflected, tinged with vioh t ; 

 subperforate. Length, 18 mill. 



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Described from a single specimen in the Cumingian collection. 

 The locality has not been verified. Looks as much like a Bulimu- 

 as a Littorina. 

 L. STRIGATA, Lischke. PL 43, fig. 33. 



Inflated, some\vhat solid, spirally striate ; yellowish, with inter- 

 rupted chestnut spiral lines, forming oblique strigation-. 



Length, 9*5 mill. 



Juj 



Distinguished by its short, bulbous form. 



L. MELAXOSTOMA, Gray. PI. 43, figs. 42, 43. 



Rather thin, whorls flattened, obliquely, obscurely subrui; 

 -pi rally distantly engraved, periphery angulated ; straw color, with 

 usually a longitudinal pattern of short, numerous, chestnut lin- 

 tending from sulcus to sulcus, either all over the surface or dis- 

 continued at the periphery; columella dark chocolate. 



Indian Ocean, (Ceylon, Java, Singapore. 



Nevill has indicated a var. articulata, (fig. 43). 



L. COLUMELLARIS, d'OH). PL 48, figB. 87, 51 J PI. 44, fig. 79; PI. 



4.".. Bgs. 14. 15. 



Stout, convex, thick, closely spirally striate, whitish, yellowi-h. 

 purplish white or rust color, aperture liirln yelh.wi-h, columella 

 excavated, flattened, violaceous. Length, 1 in. 



'>, Brazil. 



