256 LIMICOLARIA, WEST AFRICA. 



7, pi. 110, f. 6 (var. f estiva] ; p. 21, pi. 113, f. 5, 6. JICKELI, 

 Moll. N.-O. Af ., in Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Germ. 

 Nat. Cur., xxxvii, 1875, p. 157 (exclusive of var.). KOBELT, 

 Conchyl. Cab., p. 50, pi. 16, f. 1; pi. 17, f. 1. B. E. C. 

 STEARNS, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1893, p. 327. SMITH, Proc. 

 Malac. Soc. Lond., i, p. 165. Ackatina elongata SWAINS., 

 Malacol., p. 174, and Helix ustilago BOLT., according to Pfr. 

 The typical form of L. flammea, as described by Pfeiffer, 

 is from the Gold Coast and adjacent districts. Jickeli unites 

 as varieties a series of forms from the Upper Nile region and 

 from West Africa aurora, sennaariensis, cailliaudi, suffusa, 

 numidica, candidissima and beccarii; but he has had no fol- 

 lowers in this course, though it is admitted that the species 

 stand upon a slender basis. At present it seems best to re- 

 strict L. flammea to West African forms. The question 

 whether Pfeiffer has correctly identified Miiller's species can- 

 not be profitably discussed until a series of Limicolariae from 

 Christiansborg, the type locality, can be obtained; and its 

 relationship to L. Uambeul will then be clarified. 



lla. Var. UNICOLOR Kobelt. PI. 20, fig. 17. 



Shell rather openly perforate, ovate-turrite, rather solid, 

 hardly shining, the upper whorls distinctly, the lower obso- 

 letely and irregularly striate; uniform corneous-buff. Spire 

 ovate-turrite, the apex obtuse. Whorls 7-8, a little convex, 

 separated by an impressed, whitish-margined, very delicately 

 crenulate suture, slowly increasing, the last whorl hardly as 

 long as the spire (measured behind) , tapering at base, slightly 

 compressed around the perforation. Aperture a little oblique, 

 ovate, rose-whitish within ; columella callous, twisted, roseate ; 

 outer lip thin, acute, unexpanded, the margins joined by a 

 very thin callous. Length 41, diam. 19.5, alt. apert. 18 mm. 

 (Kobelt). 



West Africa. 



L. (flammea var.) unicolor KOBELT, Conch. Cab., p. 73, 

 pi. 23, f. 7, 8. 



Based upon one specimen, the relationship of which Kobelt 

 could not make out. E. A. Smith pronounced it a variety 



