466 -Messrs. J. C. Melvill ayid J. H. Ponsonby on 



rather narrow velvety black band ; this is ])rececled on each 

 side by a transverse white line which, close to the suture, 

 gives off an oblique white line in the direction of the basal 

 tubercle ; and in the angle thus formed, which has an inner 

 fulvous-brown border, there is a third very short white 

 line. The part of the elytra between the innermost oblique 

 lines is velvety black. With the exception of a narrow- 

 bluish-g-rey transverse spot the Avhole of the elytra succeeding 

 the median black band is covered by a delicate fulvous-brown 

 pubescence. The elytra are furnished in addition with some 

 widely scattered long fulvous bristles. A few punctures are 

 to be seen on the basal third. A pubescent white line passes 

 along the dorsal margin of each of the legs. The femora are 

 subfusiform, pedunculate at the base. 



This species at first sight resembles very much A. hicitspisy 

 Chevr., but is easily distinguished by the difference in the 

 punctuation of the elytra and other characters. 



LV. — Descriptions of four new Species of Terrestrial Mollusca 

 from South Africa^ loith Observations on Helix liuttoniaj 

 (Bens.). By James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., and 

 John Henky Ponsonby, F.Z.S. 



Amongst numerous specimens of terrestrial and fluviatile 

 shells recently collected at or near Port Elizabeth by Mr. J. 

 Crawford are many undoubtedly new to science. Some of 

 these were in the first instance placed in the hands of M. 

 Morelet, who last year contributed a paper on this subject to 

 the ' Journal de Conchyliologie.' Since then Mr. Crawford, 

 who has received much valuable assistance from Messrs. 

 Farquhar, Leslie, and Langley, fi'om various neighbouring 

 localities, has remitted fresh material, of which the following 

 four species may be regarded as the primary outcome ; and 

 we are hoping before long to offer a second communication 

 with further descriptions of other forms new to science. 



We must not forget to thank Mr. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., 

 of the Zoological Department, British Museum, for kind 

 assistance. 



Vitrina cingnlata^ sp. nov. 



F. testa globulosa, convexa, tenui, olivaceo-hj-alina, supra peri- 

 pheriam distinctissime rubro-cingulata ; spira emersa ; aufractibu9 

 laivibus, subventricosis ; apertura subrotundata. 



Long. 15, lat. 20 mill. 



Hah. Port Elizabeth. 



