286 LIMICOLARIA, EAST AFRICA. 



Near the mission of Kibanga, Tanganyika. 



L. dromauxi BGT., Moll, de PAfric. Equat., pp. 103, 107, 

 pi. 6, f. 3 (1889). 



Belongs to the group of L. spckiana, megalcea and coul- 

 boisi, but smaller than these, of a uniform tint, without flam- 

 mules, and smoother, though the lower whorls have obsolete 

 lamellse. 



57. L. SATURATA E. A. Smith. PI. 32, fig. 13. 



Shell long, imperf orate ; deep brown, painted with more or 

 less wavy, oblique stripes. Spire elongate, somewhat mamil- 

 late and paler at the apex. Whorls 8, convex, parted by an 

 oblique suture; granulate-cancellate by delicate oblique 

 growth-lines and light spiral striae Aperture reversed auri- 

 form, dull blue-whitish inside, nearly one-third the total 

 length; columella nearly straight, reflexed, slightly thickened, 

 the outer lip arcuate and thin. Length 67, diam. 25 mm. ; 

 apert. 23 long, 12 wide (Smith). 



East Africa: Albert Edward Nyanza at 3000-4000 ft. (G. 

 F. Scott-Elliot) ; Kilima-Njaro, in the cultivated land, 1200- 

 1700 meters elev., very common (Volkens). 



L. saturata SMITH, Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., i, p. 323, f . 1 ; 

 p. 324 (1895). L. colorata E. Sm., MARTENS, Beschalte 

 Weichthiere Ost-Afrikas, p. 105. 



" This species is remarkable for the depth of its coloration 

 and the length of the whorls. The lines of growth are slightly 

 puckered beneath the suture, but the granulation of the sur- 

 face generally is very feeble. Only a single specimen was 

 obtained. The remains of the animal enclosed about 20 ovate ? 

 strong, white, calcareous eggs about 6.5 x 5 mm. The re- 

 mains of a very thin olivaceous epidermis are traceable on 

 the last and penultimate whorls " (Smith). 



57a. Var. FUSCESCENS Martens. PL 32, figs. 22, 23. 



Cylindric-turrite, rather wide, thick-shelled and lustreless, 

 with closely placed vertical rib-striae which are granulose on 

 the upper whorls; obscure brownish-yellow, with numerous 

 narrow red-brown streaks, which often become wider above, 



