28 C^ECILIOIDES OF ITALY, SICILY, MALTA. 



whitish. Spire of 5 nearly flat whorls separated by a moderate 

 suture, the apex obtuse; last whorl nearly half the total length; 

 columella strongly twisted but scarcely truncate; aperture nar- 

 row, acuminate above: peristome simple, acute, the margins 

 joined by a scarcely visible callus. Length 6, diam. 3 mm. 

 Island of Maretimo, near Sicily. (Ben}. 



Cacilianella maretima BEN., Catalogo etc., 1881, p. 91. 



C. splendens (Benoit). A fragile little snail, vitreous, smooth 

 and transparent. Spire composed of 5 slightly swollen whorls 

 separated by a superficial suture, the last a little less than half 

 the total length; apex very obtuse; truncation clear-cut and 

 precise, a little above the base. Aperture piriform, lip acute, 

 the margins joined by a callus. Length 5, diam. 2 mm. Sicily: 

 Mt. S. Martino. (Catil. s., BENOIT, Catalogo etc., 1881, p. 91). 



O. montana (Benoit). Shell elongate-cylindric, very fragile, 

 glassy, transparent, clear, rather obtuse at the apex. Spire of 

 5 rather flat whorls, the last forming about half the length of 

 the shell. Suture superficial, encircled by a narrow whitish 

 band. Columella truncate at about the level of the base. 

 Aperture narrow, long, most acutely angular above; peristome 

 simple, acute; margins joined by an inconspicuous callus. 

 Length 5, diam. 1.5 mm. (Ben.}. 



Sicily : Mt. Petroso, not far from Palermo. 



Ciecil. montana BEN., Catalogo, 1881, p. 92. 



C. elegans (Benoit). Shell minute, slenderly fusiform, bright, 

 transparent, whitish. 5 whorls at the spire regularly increasing, 

 little convex, and separated by a moderately impressed suture, 

 the last half the total length. Right margin very straight, the 

 left very arcuate and truncate above the base. Peristome acute, 

 the margins joined by a scarcely visible callus. Length 5, 

 diam. 2.5 mm. (Ben.). 



Sicily: country around Palermo. 



C. elegans BEN., Catalogo etc., 1881, p. 92. 



19. C. GATTOI (Westerlund). 



Shell cylindric-turrite, glossy, diaphanous, white, rather dis- 

 tantly costulate-striate. Spire slowly tapering from the middle 

 of the shell, turrite-conic, rather obtuse. Whorls 6, a little 



