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Slightly larger and more robust than coenopictus, but at 

 best it seems scarcely distinct as a species. Hanley and 

 Theobald have stated (Conch. Indica, p. x, footnote 13) that 

 "the types of the B. lardeus Pfeiffer belong to this species" 

 (ccenopictus) . Gude notes that it "is perhaps only a variety 

 of P. ccenopictus, is larger, possessing one more whorl, and is 

 more conoid in the spire. ' ' 



A large specimen (fig. 9) measures: length 5.8, diam. 3.5 

 mm., aperture 2.5 mm. long, 6 whorls. The peristome is 

 broader than in ccenopictus in these specimens. The type 

 figure is copied in fig. 12. 



10&. P. cocnopictus samavaensis (Palad.). PI. 13, figs. 8, 10, 

 11. 



There is a rather obese form in India, associated with 

 typical ccenopictus in one lot from Bombay, which differs by 

 its broader shape, light pinkish cinnamon color, decidedly 

 paler than ccenopictus, and rather wider lip. I have referred 

 these shells to samavaensis, described from Aden, as they seem 

 to agree well with the description and figure given by Pala- 

 dilhe. Figs. 10, 11 are Bombay specimens. For the original 

 description of samavaensis see below. 



Length 5.5, diam. 2.8, length aperture 2.68 mm. ; 5% whorls. 



Length 4.9, diam. 2.75, length aperture 2.1 mm. ; 5% whorls. 



This appears to be what Pfeiffer figured (Conchylien- 

 Cabinet) as cocnopictus , the specimens received from Benson. 



Bulimus samavaensis Paladilhe (pi. 13, fig. 8). Shell ob- 

 liquely and compressly rimate-umbilicate, rather obesely 

 conoid, rather thin, subopaque, slightly reddish corneous, a 

 little shining, slightly substriatulate. Spire somewhat long, 

 apex obtuse, submamillate ; whorls 6, rather convex, regularly 

 and rather rapidly increasing, separated by a narrow, deep 

 suture; last whorl at the aperture nearly % the length, 

 abruptly, strongly but shortly ascending at the aperture ; free 

 margin somewhat excavated, a little oblique. Aperture sub- 

 elongate-rounded, slightly oblique; peristome interrupted, 

 strongly reflected, the right margin somewhat arcuate, an 

 elongate fold near the insertion; columellar margin a little 

 concave towards the aperture, margins slightly converging 

 above. Length 5, diam. 2.5 mm. (Paladilhe). 



