278 LIMICOLARIA, N.-E. AFRICA. 



Ackatina (Limicolaria) heuglini, a, MARTS., Malak. Bl., 

 1866, xiii, p. 94, pi. 4, f. 3, 4. L. choana BGT., Moll. Choa, 

 p. 17, 1885. 



The propriety of separating this form from heuglini is 

 doubtful. 



45. L. PYRAMIDALIS Bourguignat. PI. 17, fig. 87. 



Shell perforate, the perforation half covered, pyramidal, 

 swollen below, rather opaque, somewhat glossy, sharply stri- 

 atulate, crispulate below the suture of last whorl; whitish 

 with wine-reddish flammules, especially on the last whorl. 

 Spire moderately produced, pyramidal, obtuse at the smooth 

 summit. Whorls 7, a little convex, all narrow except the 

 last one, parted by a rather impressed suture, the last whorl 

 ventricose, convex, slightly subangular around the perfora- 

 tion. Aperture vertical, lunate, semi-ovate; peristome un- 

 expanded, acute. Columella straight, dilated-reflexed, taper- 

 ing below. Length 42, diam. 22, aperture 18 x 11 mm. (Bgt.). 



N. E. Africa: Choa (Soleillet). 



L. pyramidalis BGT., Moll. Choa, p. 17, pi. , f. 23 (Sept., 

 1885). KOBELT, C. Cab., p. 81. 



Distinguished from L. ckoana by the more swollen last 

 whorl, more conically tapering and shorter spire, etc. 



46. L. BECCARII Morelet. PL 22, fig. 44. 



Shell narrowly perforate, turrite, striatulate and minutely 

 decussate above, glossy, pale yellow, longitudinally painted 

 with wavy, subequidistant chestnut streaks. Whorls 7, a little 

 convex, the last obsoletely angulate, tapering at the base, 

 the spire scarcely two- thirds the total length; suture 

 impressed, minutely crenulate at the end. Aperture semi- 

 oval, the right margin thin, acute, columellar margin nar- 

 rowly revolute. Length 48, diam. 21, aperture 19 x 12 mm. 

 (Morel). 



Northeast Africa: Keren in the Bogos country, Abyssinia. 



L. beccarii MOREL., Ann. Mus. Civ. di Storia Naturale di 

 Genova, iii, p. 198, p. 9, f. 6 (1872). KOBELT, Conch. Cab., 

 p. 77. 



