262 LIMICOLARIA, WEST AFRICA. 



L. droueti MOREL., Journ. de Conchyl., 1885, p. 21, pi. 2, 

 f. 14. 



Resembles A. zebriolata in markings, and seems to be re- 

 lated to the preceding species. 



20. L. LUCALANA Pilsbry, n. n. PI. 29, figs. 9, 10, 11. 

 Shell subperforate, ovate-turrite, rather solid, obsoletely 



striate, glossy; pale buff or whitish tawny, variously marked 

 with waved blackish or chestnut stripes, sometimes inter- 

 rupted. Spire turrited, corneous above, the apex obtuse. 

 Whorls 7y 2 , a little convex, more distinctly striate below the 

 sutures, the last whorl very obsoletely angular, but little 

 more than one-third the shell's length. Columella nearly 

 straight or receding, blackish-purple. Aperture small, semi- 

 oval, angular below, slightly calloused and whitish-blue 

 within, showing the streaks through; peristome unexpanded, 

 thin, the columellar margin narrowly dilated, reflexed. 

 Length 38, diam. 15 mm.; apert. 14.5 mm. long, 6 wide 

 (Morel). 



West Africa: districts of the Due de Braganza and Am- 

 baca, along the marshes of the Lucala river, Angola (Wel- 

 witsch). 



Bulimus jaspideus MORELET, Journ. de Conchyl., 1866, p. 

 155; Yoy. Welwitsch, p. 62, pi. 2, f. 2. Not B. jaspideus 

 Morel., 1863. L. jaspidea PFR., Monogr., vi, p. 209. KOBELT, 

 C. Cab., p. 64, pi. 20, f. 4, 5. 



21. L. KOBELTI d'Ailly. Not figured. 



Shell openly and deeply perforate, oblong-ovate, somewhat 

 pellucid but rather solid, irregularly and lightly plicate- 

 striatulate, a little glossy, the intermediate whorls decus- 

 sated below the suture with a few spiral striae, barely visible 

 under a lens ; corneous-buff, somewhat roseate towards the 

 unicolored apex, ornamented with blackish- chestnut streaks 

 and flames, usually oblique, linear on the upper whorls, on 

 the last whorl wavy, frequently confluent at base. Spire con- 

 vex-conic, the apex obtuse. Whorls 7, a little convex, separ- 

 ated by a pale, delicately crenulate and plicate suture, nar- 



