42 ODONTOSTOMUS. 



below ; colurnella oblique, uneven, the columellar lip very broadly 

 dilated above, sinuous ; base effuse, narrow and spout-like. 



Length 40, diam. 10; length of aperture 15.6 mill. 



Brazil: Province of Minas Geraes (Rang.), Bahia (v. Ihering). 



Helix fusiformis RANG, Ann. des Sci. Naturelles, xxiv, p. 60, pi. 

 3, f. 2 (1831). Bulimus fusiformis PFR., Symbols, i, p. 82 ; ii, p. 

 115; Conchyl. Cab., p. 196, pi. 56, f. 17, 18; Monogr., ii, p. 94; 



iii, p. 373; iv, p. 443. REEVE, Conch. Icon., pi. 40, f. 249 



HIDALGO, J. de C., 1870, p. 50. Bulimus ( Gonyostomus) fusiformis 

 Prang, CLESSIN, Malac. Blatter, 1888, p. 168. Not Odontostomus 

 fusiformis Menke, 1828. Bulimus dubiosus JA\, Catalogue, edit. 3, 

 p. 122, pi. 7 S f. 6 (1839). 



Much more slender than its allies. Rang's type measured 40^ 

 mill. long. 12 wide. Sr. Paz obtained this species, with many other 

 shells from northern and interior Brazil, at Rio Janeiro; but accept- 

 able evidence of its occurrence there is w r anting. He was probably 

 misled as to the locality by whoever supplied him with the shells. 

 It is probably a species of the interior region. 



O. AURISCERVINA (Ferussac). PI. 9, fi?.. 3. 



Shell similar to the large form of 0. angulatus but having the lips 

 sinuous, forming a distinct "spout," much as in 0. fusiformis. 

 Distantly striped. 



Brazil : (Ma we); probably Prov. Minas Geraes. 



MAAVE, Travels in the Interior of Brazil, particularly in the Gold 

 and Diamond Districts, etc., third plate, f. 4 (1812). Helix ( Cochlo- 

 gena) auriscervina Ferussac, Tabl. Syst., p. 57, no. 440 (unde- 

 scribed ; based upon Mawe's figure). 



This is probably a form of 0. angulatus, and resembles Reeve's 

 figure of that species. The name is earlier than angulatus ; but in 

 the final arrangement both names will doubtless stand, either as 

 species or sub-species. It is known to me solely by the original 

 figure, copied on my plate. 



O. ANGULATUS (Wagner). PI. 9, fig. 8 (typical) 4-7 (var.). 



Shell oblong-conic, solid, with delicate longitudinal striae, at the 

 sutures subrugose. Whorls 9, slightly convex, the last shorter than 

 the spire. Spire conic, the apex a little obtuse. Aperture triangu- 

 lar, dilated above, compressed below, narrowed ; margin expanded, 



