172 SALASIELLA. 



2. S. JOAQUIN.E Strebel. Vol. I, p. 43. 



This species was described from Jalapa, Vera Cruz (cf. 

 Strebel, Beitrag, iii, p. 29, pi. 9, f. 6; pi. 10, f. 1-7; pi. 11, 

 f. 8). Specimens were taken by Mr. S. N. Rhoads at Diente, 

 near Monterey, Nuevo Leon. Strebel's types measure: 



Length 8.3, diam. 3.4, length of aperture 5.3, whorls 4%. 



Length 8.5, diam. 3, length of aperture 5.1, whorls 5. 



3. S. MODESTA XPfeiffer). Page 171, figs. 4, 5. 



Shell minute, sub fusiform-oblong, thin, smooth, marked 

 with a few impressed striae; pale corneous, pellucid. Spire 

 conic, somewhat acuminate; suture light, submargined. 

 Whorls 5, a little convex, the last somewhat longer than the 

 spire, somewhat tapering basally. Columella arcuate, hori- 

 zontally truncate a short distance above the base. Aperture 

 slightly oblique, acuminate-oval; peristome simple, the right 

 margin slightly dilated forwards. Length 4, diam. 1.5, aper- 

 ture 3.25 mm. (Pfr.). 



Mexico: State of Vera Cruz at Mirador (Strebel) ; Orizaba 

 (Heilprin exped.). 



Oleacina modesta PFR., Malak. BL, ix, 1862, p. 98 ; Monogr. 

 Hel. Viv., vi, p. 275. Glandina modesta Pfr., FISCHER and 

 CROSSE, Miss. Scient. au Mex., Moll., i, p. 135. STREBEL, 

 Beitrag, ii, p. 52, pi. 13, f. 49. Salasiella m., STREBEL, I. c., 

 iii, p. 30, pi. 9, f. 9. PILSBRY, Proc. A. N. S. Phila. 1903, p. 

 773, figs. 4, 5. Glandina (Salasiella) perpusilla PILS., Proc. 

 A. N. S. Phila. 1891, p. 311. 



Figs. 4, 5 represent an adult and a young example from 

 Orizaba, the former measuring, length 3.7, diam. 1.47, aper- 

 ture 2.1 mm. 



4. S. MINIMA Pilsbry. Page 171, fig. 6. 



Very minute, cylindric-oblong, almost equally obtuse at 

 both ends; thin, corneous and transparent, showing the in- 

 ternal partitions through the shell. Surface glossy and but 

 very faintly marked with growth-lines. Whorls 4; suture 

 with a narrow margin by transparence. Other characters as 

 usual in the genus. Length 2.6, diam. 1, length of aperture 

 1.6 mm. 



