252 LIMICOLARIA, WEST AFRICA. 



la. Var. ADANSONI (Pfeiffer). PL 24, figs. 2, 3, 5. 



Shell larger and more glossy, the markings often wider, 

 sometimes confluent on the last whorl. There is often an ill- 

 defined peripheral band. 



West Africa: Senegal. 



Bulimus adansoni PFR., Monogr., ii, 179; iii, 384. REEVE, 

 C. Icon., pi. 50, f . 327. Limicolaria a. PFR., Monogr., iv, 582 ; 

 vi, 207. JICKELI, Moll. Nordostafrika, p. 154, pi. 6, f. 3, 4. 

 KOBELT, C. Cab., p. 59, pi. 19, f. 2, 3. Bulimus kambeul 

 DESK, in Fer., Hist., pi. 141 A, f. 1, 2, 5. Bulimus (Limi- 

 colaria) adansoni LEHMANN, Malak. Bl., xi, 1864, p. 48, pi. 

 1, f. 3 (anatomy of specimen said to be from " Cape di 

 Verde Is."). Bulimus achatinoides and B. xantholinus 

 ZIEGLER, in coll., teste Pfr. 



76. Var. cedilis Fer. PI. 23, fig. 49 ; pi. 24, fig. 6. 



Similar to adansoni, but uniform white under a pale yel- 

 low cuticle. Gorea. 



Helix adilis FER., Prodr., p. 53, no. 390; Hist., pi. 141 A, 

 f. 4. Limicolaria ccdilis SHUTTLW., Notitige, i, p. 40. Bul- 

 imus (edilis REEVE, Conch. Icon., pi. 50, f. 328. 



Fig. 49 of pi. 23 is copied from Ferussac's illustration. 



Ic. Var. turris Pfr. PL 25, figs. 9, 10, 11. 



Much larger than any of the preceding forms, length 114, 

 diam. 43 mm.; whorls 10. 



Central Africa: source of the White Nile (Petherick). 



Limicolaria turris PFR., P. Z. S., 1861, p. 25, pi. 2, f. 3; 

 Novit. Conch., p. 162, pi. 44, f. 1-3. Achatina turris Pfr., 

 MARTENS, Malak. BL, xxi, 1873, p. 38. L. adansoni var., 

 JICKELI, Fauna der Land- und Siisswasser-mollusken Nord- 

 ost-Afrika's, p. 154, pi. 6, f. 3, 4. 



Fig. 9 is a copy of Pfeiffer's type figure; 10, 11 are from 

 Jickeli. Kobelt's fig. 1 of pi. 10, Conchylien Cabinet, repre- 

 sents turris. 



Id. Var. sulstrigata Kobelt. PL 18, fig. 99. 



Differs from the type by the almost wholly obsolete sculp- 



