34 THE NAUTILUS. 



Osliimn, Osunii. Types no. »7338 A. N. S. P., from no. 1199 of 

 Mr. Hirase's collection. 



Eulota friedeliana var. goniosoma n. var. 



More widely iimbilicate and more depressed than friedeliana or 

 var. peraperta. Whorls 5^, the last bluntly angular at the periphery. 

 Surface covered with short ti-iangular cuticular scales, or their short 

 solid bases. Alt. 8.5, diam. 19, width of umbilicus 7 mm. 



Shimo-Koshikijima, Satsuma. Types no. 87337 A. N. S. P., 

 from no. 1238 of Mr. Hirase's collection. 



Eulota (^Aegista) kobensis var. pertemiis n. var. 



Shell very thin, very openly umbilicate, the spire very low ; nearly 

 planorboid. Lightly striate. Whorls 5, the last very slightly de- 

 scending in front. Peristome expanded, thin, not thickened within. 

 A.lt. 6, diam. 15 mm., width of umbilicus 5.5 mm. 



Irazuyama, Tosa. Types no. 87340 A. N. S. P., from no. 1098a 

 of Mr. Hirase's collection. 



Eulota (^Aegist(i) kobensis var. koshih'jimana n. vai-. 



Shell rather thin, nearly planorboid. chestnut-colored ; surface dull, 

 densely, finely and sharply striate. Whorls b^, the last somewhat 

 descending in front. Peristome expanded, narrowly reflexed, flesh- 

 colored, only slightly thickened within. Alt. 6.5, diam. 15, width 

 of umbilicus 5.3 mm. 



Shimo-Koshikijima, Satsuma. Tyes no. 87341 A. N. S. P., from 

 no. 1241 of Mr. Hirase's collection. 



This is quite a distinct form by its thin lip and minutely lamellose 

 cuticle. 



The four Aegistas described above would probably be treated as 

 species by many Helicologists, but their relationships are, we think, 

 better shown by connecting them with the allied forms. 



UMAX MAXIMUS AND OTHER SLUGS IN CALIFORNIA. 



BY ROBERT E. C. STEAKNS 



The occurrence of Umax maximus at Redlands, as reported by 

 Mr. Bartsch in the May number of the Nautilus, carries this form 

 farther inland and to a liioher altitude than heretofore known on the 



