1880.] SHELLS FROM THE TRANSVAAL. 615 



elevated, apex obtuse; whorls 4|, symmetrically increasing, convex, 

 the last equal to the others in breadth ; aperture large, lunate, as 

 broad as high ; labrum simple, acute, slightly reflexed near the 

 upper part of the columella ; suture deepish, well defined. Greatest 

 diameter 16 millinis., smallest diameter 14, height from base of 

 aperture to apex 11 ".5, diameter of aperture 9. 



Locality. Leydenburg, Transvaal. Only a single fine specimen 

 taken. 



This species may eventually prove to be a Fitrina when the 

 animal has been observed. 



ViTRiNA POEPPiGi, Menke, Pfr, Symb. iii. p. 81. 



Not very plentiful on the banks of the Moori River, Transvaal, 



ViTRiNA TRANsvAALENSis, sp. nov. (Plate LVII, fig, 3.) 



Shell globular, hyaline, semitransparent, fragile, glossy, amber- 

 coloured ; apex obtuse ; whorls 3| to 4, very convex, rapidly increasing, 

 the upper whorls smooth, the last faintly striated by the lines of 

 growth and slightly puckered at the suture; suture linear, deep; 

 aperture lunate, as broad as high, slightly flattened at the base. 

 Greatest diameter lOg millims,, smallest diameter 9, height from 

 base of aperture to apex 8i, diameter of aperture 5g. 



Locality. Leydenburg, Transvaal. Not rare. 



This species is nearly allied to V. poeppigi, Menke, but is more 

 globular and the coloured spiral band found in that species is wanting. 



ViTRiNA VANDENBROECKii, sp. nov. (Plate LVII. fig. 4.) 



Sliell oblong, vitreous, depressed, flattened above, of a pale yellow 

 colour, dull above, glossy below and within the aperture ; apex, 

 suture and margin of labrum of a dark umber-colour; spire depressed, 

 apex very obtuse ; whorls 3|, the last very large and rapidly in- 

 creasing, puL'kered at the suture ; suture deep and very well marked ; 

 aperture oblong lunate, subhorizontal, flattened beneath ; peri- 

 trenie, viewed from above, rather prominent ; columella slightly 

 arcuate. Greatest diameter 14| millims., smallest diameter 11, height 

 of aperture 7^, breadth of aperture 9, 



Locality. Plentiful at Leydenburg, Transvaal. 



I have great pleasure in naming this shell after my friend M. 

 Ernest Van den Broeck, of the Musee fioyale, Brussels. 



BuLiMus (Pachnodus) drackenbergensis, E. a. Smith, Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist. 4th series, vol. xx. p. 538. 



Locality. Pilgrim's Eest, Transvaal. 



BuLiMUS (Stenogyra) turriformis, Krauss, Siidafr. Moll. 

 p. 78, pi. V. fig. 2 ; Pfr. in Zeitschr. f, Malak, 1848, p. 121. 



Plentiful at Leydenburg, Transvaal. 



