68 CURVELLA, PHILIPPINES. 



margin protracted, connected with the other by a very thin 

 callus. Length 9, diam. 4, alt. aperture 4 mm. (Oredl.). 



China: Li-uan, in the province Hunan (Fuchs). 



Eapalus bottgeri GREDL., Archiv fiir Naturg., vol. 50, 1884, 

 p. 270, pi. 19, f. 2; Malak. Bl. (n. F.), ix, 141. 



Besembles C. grateloupi in miniature. 



Philippine and East Indian Species. 

 a. Shell imperforate, species 38 to 40. 

 &. Shell rimate, perforate or umbilicate, species 41 to 45. 



38. C. GRATELOUPI (Pf eiffer) . PI. 6, figs. 68, 69. 



Shell imperforate, ovate-oblong, rugulose-striate, very thin, 

 glossy, pellucid, straw-whitish. Whorls 6 to 7, a little con- 

 vex, the last a little shorter than the spire ; columella callous, 

 bent backwards. Aperture semi-oval; peristome acute, sim- 

 ple, the right margin arching forwards. Length 18, diam. S t 

 aperture 9x4.5 mm. (Pfr.). 



Philippine Is.: Albay, Luzon and Dingle, Panay (Cum- 

 ing) ; Luzon, Katanduanes, Samar, Leyte, Cebu, Guimaras, 

 Panay (Mlldff.). 



Bulimus grateloupi PFR., P. Z. S., 1846, p. 42 ; Monogr., ii r 

 p. 169 ; Conch. Cab., p. 240, pi. 63, f . 19, 20. REEVE, C. Icon., 

 v, pi. 14, f. 81. Stenogyra grateloupi Pfr., SEMPER, Reisen, 

 p. 139. Hapalus grateloupi Pfr., MLLDFF., Syst. Verzeich., 

 Abh. Naturf. Ges. zu Gorlitz, xxii, 1898, p. 154; Jahrb. D. 

 M. Ges., xiv, 280 ; Bericht. Senck. Ges., 1890, 244. 



39. C. DECURTATA (Quadr. & Mlldff.). 



Shell imperforate, ovate-conic, thin, pellucid, very finely 

 curve-striatulate, glossy, yellowish-white. Spire convex-con- 

 oid, 'the apex obtuse. Whorls 5%, a little 'Convex, parted by 

 an appressed, distinctly margined suture, the last whorl a 

 little tumid, as long as the spire. Aperture slightly oblique, 

 rounded-rhomboidal ; peristome unexpanded, acute, the right 

 margin 'arcuate, receding above; columella callous, somewhat 

 twisted. Length 10.5, diam. 6 mm. (Mlldff.). 



Luzon, Mt. Mariveles (Q. & M.). 



Hapalus decurtatus Q. & M., Nachrbl., 1895, p. 118. 



