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Descriptions of twelve new species of Vitrina and 



succinea, from the collection of h. cuming, esq. 



By Dr. L. Pfeiffer. 



1. Vitrina luzonica, Pfr. V. testd depressd, tenuis IcBvigatd, 

 nitidd, peUucidd, aured ; spird planiusculd ; suturd simplice, 

 vix impressd ; anfractibus 3 sensim accrescentibuSy ultimo sub- 

 depresso, perijjherid rotundaio, bast lata ; aperturd obliqud, 

 lunari-ovali ; peristomate tenui, margine iupero antrorsum sub- 

 arcuato, columellari tenuissimo, declivi. 



Diam. maj. 7\, min. of, alt. 4 mill. 



Hab. Sorsogon, insulse Luzon (H. Cumiug). 



2. Vitrina Verreauxii, Pfr. V. testd depressd, striatuld, 

 tenui, diaphand, parum nitente, olivaceo-fuhd ; spird subpla- 

 nulatd ; suturd impressd, marginatd ; anfractibus 3^ rapide 

 accrescentibus, ultimo depresso, basi angusto, planiusculo ; 

 aperturd perobliqud, ampld, lunari-ovali ; peristomate simjjlice, 

 acuta, marginibus approximatis, dextro antrorsum arcuato, 

 columellari breviter recedente, leviter arcuato. 



Diam. maj. 13, min. 10, alt. 6 mill. 

 Hab. in Australia (Verreaux). 



3. Vitrina Strangei, Pfr. V. testd depressd, tenuissimd, IcB- 

 vigatd, nitidd, fusco- vet virenti-corned ; spird parvd, vix con- 

 vexiusculd, vertice subtili, laterali ; suturd impressd, submargi- 

 natd ; anfractibus 3 vix convexiusculis, rapide accrescentibus, 

 ultimo superne depresso, peripherid rotundato, basi conveociore ; 

 aperturd obliqud, ampld, lunari-subcirculari ; peristomate sim- 

 plice, obtusulo, marginibus approximatis, dextro antrorsum di- 

 latato, columellari recedente, perareuato, angustissim^ membra- 

 naceo-marginato. 



Diam. maj. 10, min. 7\, alt. 5 mill- 



Hab. Brisbane, in ora orientali Novse Hollandise (Strange). 



4. SucciNEA ACUTA, Pfr. (S. testd oblongd, subfusiformi, tenui, 

 distincte striatd et minute malleatd, nitidissimd, pellucidd, 

 rosed, epidermide decidud fulvd munitd ; spird subelongatd, co- 

 nicd, acutd ; suturd profundd ; anfractibus 4 convexis, ultimo 

 \ longitudinis vix cequante, basi attenuato ; columella subcal- 

 losd, substricte recedente ; aperturd axiferb paralleld, ohlongo- 

 ovali, superne angulatd ; peristomate simplice, tenui, margine 

 dextro leviter arcuato. 



Long. 20, diam. 9^, alt. 7 mill.; ap. 12 mill, longa, medio 7 lata. 



Hab. in Britannia, prope Scarborough. 



It is impossible to join this beautiful shell to any of the varieties 

 of 5. putris, from which it differs by its colour, by the elongated and 

 sharply-pointed spire, whorls more convex, nearly straight columella, 

 and oblong-ovate aperture. 



5. SucciNEA suBGRANOSA, Pfr. S. testd elliptieo-oratd, tenui, 

 subgranulato-striatd, diaphand, parum nitidd, pallide corned ; 

 spird brevi, obtvsiusculd ; anfractibus vix 3 convexis, ultimo 



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