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Pupa insularis EHRENBERG, Symbol Physicae, Animalia 

 Evertebrata, Ser. I, Mollusca, fourth signature, page third. 

 1831. PFR., Monogr. ii, p. 307. Bulimus insularis PFR., 

 Monogr. Hel. Viv. iii, p. 403 ; iv, 463 ; Conchyl. Cab. p. 125, 

 pi. 36, f. 26-28. REEVE, C. loon, v, pi. 67, f. 476. 

 MORELET, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. iii, 1872, p. 198 (Dahalac 

 and Ras Gherar Is.). HANLEY & THEOB., Conch. Ind. p. 11, 

 pi. 22, f. 10 (Delhi, Bundelkund, etc.). BGT., Mai. de 

 TAbyssinie, Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. xv, 1883, p. 65 (includes 

 Pupa pulla Gray, P. cylindrica Hutt., B. contiguus Rve. and 

 adenensis Pfr. as synonyms). Rumina insularis BGT., Moll. 

 Choa. p. 22, 1885. JOUSSEAUME, Bull. Soc. Malac. France vi, 

 1889, p. 359 (includes B. adenensis Pfr., ducoureti and soleil- 

 leti Bgt. as synonym; vii, 89. Buliminus insularis Ehr., 

 JICKELI, Moll. N.-O. Afrikas p. 108, pi. 5, f. 4. POLLONERA, 

 Bull. Soc. Malac. Ital. xiii, p. 70 (Havash valley) ; Boll. Mus. 

 Zool. ed. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino xiii, no. 313, p. 6 (Mas- 

 saua, Assab). SMITH, Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. i, p. 142 

 (Oman, Arabia). MARTENS, Nachrbl. D. Malac. Ges. 1889, 

 p. 151 (Badjil and Chalifa on the Gebel Bura). Chilogym- 

 nus insularis JOUSSEAUME, Bull. Soc. Zool. France vii, 1894, 

 p. 289 (Ceylon). Cylindrus insularis Ehr., THEOB., Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Beng. xlvii, pt. 2, 1878, p. 146 (Kashmir). 

 Pupa (Cylindrus) insularis Ehr., G. NEVILL, in Anat. and 

 Zool. researches and Zool. Results of the Yunnan Expedi- 

 tions, i, p. 882, 1878 (includes pullus Gray and cylindrica 

 Hutt.). "Pupa . . . (mihi) cylindrical?," HUTTON, Journ. 

 Asiat. Soc. Bengal iii, p. 93, 1834 (no. 6, genus Pupa, p. 85) ; 

 quoted as " Pupa cylindrica Hutt. " by authors. Bulimus 

 cylindricus auct. 



The sculpture 'Consists of fine, close, subvertical striae, a 

 little bent near the suture, and intersected by several (usu- 

 ally three to six) very narrow smooth spiral bands. These 

 may be obsolete on the last whorl or two, though usually per- 

 sistent. The whorls are moderately convex, the last ascend- 

 ing a trifle to the aperture. The outer lip is somewhat thick- 

 ened inside, giving the appearance of a low white welt be- 

 hind it externally. The edge itself is obtuse but not ex- 



