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(f) frvstUlum, M. & P. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xiv. (1894) 



p. 04, pi. i. fi<r. 14. 



(g) kercea, M. & P. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xiv. (1894) 



p. 94, pi. i. fig. 12. 

 (h) omicronaria, M. & P. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. xir. 

 (1894)p. 93, pi. i. fig. 11. 



Here we quote from Mr. Burniip in lilt. : — " Judging from 

 the number and diversity of the specimens submitted to me 

 from so many different localities, this, the first described of 

 the South-African Pwpce or Jannnics, would appear to be the 

 commonest, most variable, and most widely distributed 

 species. Specimens now in my hands have been collected at 

 Johannesburg (^McBean ^ Johnson) ; Pretoria {Ponsonby, 

 Wotton, ^' McBenn) ; Potchefstroom and Heidelberg {Miss 

 Livingston) ; Prieska {Lightfoot) ; Cradock {Fonsonhy 

 ^ Farquhar) ; Port Elizabeth {Ponsonhy, Graioford, Far- 

 quhnr, Lightfoot) ; Kowie {Ponsonhy) ; Karkloof, Natal 

 {McBean) . 



" Specimens also in Mr. Ponsonby's collection from 

 Abyssinia can in no way be distinguished from those from 

 South Africa. 



" The following measurements of a few of the specimens 

 examined will give some idea of its extreme variability, both 

 in size and form : — 



"Alt. 2-07, lat. 1-28 mm. 

 „ 2-22, „ 1-45 „ 

 „ 3-67, „ 1-66 „ 

 „ 3-75, „ 1-67 „ 



" In colour, too, it varies from the brownish liorn-colour of 

 the type, or even darker, through pale brown and straw- 

 colour, to white, the first being the commonest, and white the 

 next — the intermediate shades are rarer. The tooth-processes 

 also vary, not only in development, but also in number, and 

 it seems probable that some of the kindred forms described 

 under different names belong properly to this species. 



'* The words ' anfr. supremo extus scrobiculum formante ' 

 in Krauss's original description seem erroneous : the sulcus 

 on the outer side of the labium corresponds with the lower 

 labial tooth or plait, not the upper, as may be inferred from 

 Krauss's own figure." {H. C. B.) 



With regard to the forms (originally deemed of specific 

 rank) now necessarily merged in fontana, we would merely 

 remark that : 



(a) anqihodon has the dentition, particularly the inner 

 plaits, peculiarly strongly developed. 



(b) charyhdica possesses a much incrassate lip, and dental 

 processes deep-seated. 



