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colored. Whorls 7, the first depressed-globose, following rap- 

 idly increasing, the last very obtusely subcarinate at first. 

 Aperture rhombic-rounded, the columellar margin dilated, 

 reflexed and adnate, pale fleshy or violaceous. Length 30, 

 diam. 15, aperture 14x8 mm. (Marts.}. 



West Africa: Chinchoxo, in the Loango region (v. Me- 

 chow ) . 



L. subconica MARTS., Jahrb. d. D. Malak. Ges., ix, 1882, 

 p. 246; Conchol. MittheiL, p. 188, pi. 34, f. 3, 4. 



25. L. HYADESI Jousseaume. PL 8, fig. 47. 



Shell narrowly perforate, oblong-turrite, glossy, striatu- 

 late ; white-yellowish, ornamented with wide, wavy blackish 

 stripes, the apex corneous, smooth and rufous. Whorls 9, 

 a little convex, the first delicately reticulate, the last more 

 than one-third the total length, tapering at the base. Aper- 

 ture angularly subelliptical, the peristome simple, unex- 

 panded, right margin slightly arcuate, columella narrowly 

 vaulted, reflexed, corneous-reddish. Length 61, diam. 26, 

 aperture 25x15 mm. (Jouss.). 



Upper Senegal (Bellamy). 



L. hyadesi Jouss., Bull. Soc. Zool. France, ix, 1886, p. 477, 

 pi. 12, f. 2. KOBELT, t. c., p. 69, pi. 22, f. 1 (copy). 



26. L. BASSAMENSIS Shuttleworth. PL 36, figs. 6, 7, 8, 9. 

 Shell narrowly perforate, ovate-conoid, thin, pellucid, beau- 

 tifully granulose-decussate ; reddish ornamented with rather 

 wide deep chestnut deliquescent streaks, distinct on the upper 

 whorls, confluent on the last. Spire convex-conic, the apex 

 obtuse, subpapillar; suture moderate, slightly, obsoletely 

 crenulate. Whorls 8, convex, the last somewhat inflated, a 

 little shorter than the spire, without spiral lines below the 

 suture. Columella slightly arcuate, descending to the base 

 of the aperture. Aperture angularly subelliptical, pearly 

 inside; peristome unexpanded, the columellar margin nar- 

 rowly rolled back. Length 45, diam. 22, length of apert. 21, 

 width 11 mm. (Shuttlw.). 



West Africa: Grand Bassam (Verreaux). 



