GRANOPUPA. 351 



neous, obliquely and sharply striatulate; spire acuminate, 

 long, the apex large, obtuse, smooth. Whorls 6, swollen, reg- 

 ularly increasing, separated by a deep suture, the last turgid- 

 rounded, slightly ascending, equal to one-third the height. 

 Aperture nearly vertical, slightly lunate, subrotund; peri- 

 stome unexpanded, subacute, slightly thickened, the columel- 

 lar margin expanded, margins strongly approaching. Length 

 4, diam. 2 mm. (Let.}. 



Algeria : under rocks of a dolmen of the defile of Mazla, in 

 the region of the Oued-Zenati (Let.). 



Pupa eucyphogyra LETOURNEUX, Annales de Malacology, i, 

 1870, p. 311, pi. 6, f. 8-10. 



This species has more whorls and a longer spire than dupo- 

 teti, with which it agrees in having a toothless aperture. 



Pupa papicri Hagenmiiller MS., from Cap de Garde a Bone, 

 and Pupa- octavia Hagenmiiller MS. in coll. Fagot, are unde- 

 scribed forms related to eucyphogyra, according to Caziot and 

 Fagot, Ann. Soc. Linn, de Lyon, vol. 53, 1907, p. 197. 



Sicilian Species. 

 13. GRANOPUPA RUPESTRIS (Phil.). PL 49, figs. 1, 2, 3, 6. 



Shell two lines long, a little over one wide, conic-turrited, 

 the apex obtuse, ornamented with elevated striae, reddish 

 brown, pellucid. Whorls 5y 2 to 6, very convex, swollen, the 

 last largest. Aperture obliquely ovate, more than half the 

 length of the spire; lip simple, not reflected, the extremities 

 approaching; umbilical fissure large and deep (Phil.). 



The first w r horl is large, projecting, and turned in at the tip. 

 The last whorl ascends a little towards the lip. The surface 

 has a golden gleam, and is sculptured with riblets which be- 

 come a little more widely spaced on the last whorl. The outer 

 lip is unexpanded, columellar lip dilated. There are no traces 

 of apertural teeth. 



Length 4, diam. 2.2 mm. ; 5% whorls. 



Length 4.3, diam. 2.3 mm. ; 5 whorls. 



Sicily: Palermo, Sciacca (Phil.); Monte Pellegrino near 

 Palermo; Termini, Monte S. Calogero (Benoit) ; island of 

 Ustica; il Pirajno sulle Madonie (Calcara) ; also Siracusa, 



