20 Messrs. J. C. Melvill and J. H. Ponsouby on 



aufract.ibiis quatuor (ultimo rapicle accresccnte), ad suturas im- 

 pressis, gradatulis ; apertura ovali ; peristomate tenui, simplici. 

 Long. 2, lat. 1-50 mill. 



Hah. Somerset East {Miss M. L. Bowher). 



A shell of simple cliaractcr, with a superficial resemblance 

 to H. (Valloma) pulchella^ Miill. In the collection of 

 E. L. Layard, Esq. 



Two specimens. 



3. Pupa tahularis, sp. n. (PI. III. fig. 3.) 



P. testa minuta, subdiaphana, C3'lindrica, brunneo-siiccinea, Inevi ; 

 anfractibus 5-6, ventrosulis, ad suturas oompressis ; apertura 

 rotunda ; peristomate planato, minime reflexo, albescente, dente 

 parietali conspicuo, intrante. 



Long. 3, lat. 1-50 mill. 



Boh. Cape Town {E. M. Lighffoot, Esq.). 



Recalls to some extent the British and European species 

 P. miiscorum, Linn. The whorls are somewhat ventricose, 

 shining brown, and smootli ; the peristome flattened, parietal 

 tooth large and conspicuous. 



Several specimens. 



4. Pupa dysorata, sp. n. (PI. III. fig. 4.) 



P. testa minutissima, oblonga, laevi, apice obtuso ; anfractibus 7-8, 

 ventricosis, ad suturas compressis ; apertura ovali ; peristomate 

 albido, paullura reflexo, ad marginem columellarem incrassatum 

 unidentato. 



Long. 2, lat. '55 mill. 



Bah. Griqualand East [E. R. Sykes, Esq.). 



A microscopic, oblong, narrowed species of dull plain 

 substance ; whorls ventricose ; peristome ovate, with one tooth 

 on the somewhat broadened columellar marojin. 



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5. Ptipa quantula, sp. n. (PL III. fig. 5.) 



P. testa minutissima, rimata, diaphana, brunnea, cylindriformi, apice 

 obtuso ; anfractibus sex, microscopice tenuiliratis, valde ventri- 

 cosis, prcesertim tribus mediis ; apertura ovato-rotunda ; peri- 

 stomate simplici, reflexo. 



Long. 2, lat. 'So mill. 



Hah. Port Elizabeth (/. Crawford). 



Exceedingly minute, with simple mouth and remarkably 

 swollen ventricose whorls, especially the third, fourth, and 



