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ON A LAND-SHELL FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES. [Jan. 20, 



Fig. 4. 



Buliminics stokesi. 



5. BuLiMiNUs (Ena) carpathitjs, n. sp. 



Char. Differt a prcecedente t. fere perforato-rimata, oblongo- 

 turrita, corneo-lutea, hie illic fnsculo strigata, spii-a convexo- 

 turrita, anfr. 7 distincte convexioribus, celerius accrescentibus. 



Buliminus carpathius. 



sidiira magls impressa dhjunctls, rugidosc-sfriath, striis mvlio 

 distinctioribus, apert. magis obliqua, late acuminato-ovnta, perist. 

 simplici, acuta, non labiato, margine cohimellari prope rimam 

 rejiexo, perforatlonem semitegente. 

 Alt. 14, diam. min. A\, maj. ak mm. ; filt. apei-t. 5, lat. apert. 

 3i mm. 



Bab. Karpatho insulam. 



Obs. Affinis etiam Bid. {Ejkb) suhtili, P^ssm., Cattaroensi, sed t. 

 magis conico-turrita nee fusiformi-turrita et apert. nullomodo labiata. 



5. On a new Land-Shell from the New Hebrides. 

 By John H. Thomson, C.M.Z.S. 



[Received December 5, 1884.] 



A shell, of which I can find no published description, was sent tne 

 in a package of rare shells collected on the island of Vate, New 

 Hebrides, by Edgar Leopold Layard, Esq., F.Z.S., H.B.M. Consul at 

 Noumea, New Caledonia. Its appearance is at first strikingly similar 

 to that of the North-American Hyalina arborea, Say, except as regards 



