LIMICOLARIA, N.-E. AFRICA, 273 



convex, regularly increasing, the suture a little impressed, 

 deeply so at the last whorl. Last whorl oblong, convex, not 

 half the length of the shell. Aperture slightly oblique, ob- 

 long, angular above, convex outwardly, a little receding at 

 the base ; peristome unexpanded, acute, a little thickened 

 within, the outer margin somewhat arched forward. Colu~ 

 mella straight, tapering below, reflexed-dilated and half cov- 

 ering the perforation above. Length 52, diam. 20, aperture 

 21x10 mm. (Bgt.). 



N. E. Africa: environs of Alie-Amba, Choa (Soleillet). 



L. soleilleti BGT., Moll. Choa, p. 21 (1885). 



This Limicolaria is remarkable for the deep impression of 

 the suture at the last whorl, which gives the latter an exces- 

 sively swollen appearance. 



38. L. CORDOFANA Shuttleworth. PL 36, figs. 4, 5. 



Shell very narrowly, scarcely perviously perforate, ovate- 

 oblong, rather solid, granulose-decussate ; whitish, inconspic- 

 uously marked with a few narrow, pale chestnut streaks. 

 Spire conoid, the apex obtuse. Whorls 8, convex, the last as 

 long as the spire; suture impressed, simple. Columella mod- 

 erately arcuate. Aperture suboval; peristome somewhat flex- 

 uous, the columellar margin narrowly revolute, adnate for a 

 long distance, nearly closing the extremely narrow, chink- 

 like perforation. Length 55, diam. 27, aperture 26 x 16 mm. 

 (Shuttlw.). 



N. E. Africa: Kordofan (Kotschy, in Mousson coll.). 



Bulimus cordofanus PARREYSS mss. Limicolaria cordo- 

 fana SHUTTLW., Notitiae Malac., i, p. 4, pi. 6, f. 3, 4. L. 

 kordofana Parreyss, PFR., Monogr., iv, 582 ; vi, 207. KOBELT, 

 Conchyl. Cab., p. 122, pi. 34, f. 6, 7. 



A rare and little known species of upper Egypt, resem- 

 bling L. bassamensis. The original description and figures 

 are given. 



39. L. CANDIDISSIMA ' Parreyss ' Shuttl. PI. 21, figs. 31, 32. 

 Shell narrowly perforate, thin, subfusiform long-turrite, 



striatulate, a little glossy; white, obsoletely marked with a 



