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pink upon the last volution ; posterior circumferential band indistinct* 

 olive -brown ; circumference of the columella red-brown ; back of the 

 lip dull red. The lip of this variety has a slight reddish tinge. From 

 St. Nicolas. 



/. Apex brownish black; ground-colour yellowish olive-brown ; 

 posterior circumferential band darker ; suture pale, yellowish, or 

 nearly white ; anterior circumferential band pale yellowish at its 

 commencement, increasing in intensity until it is nearly lost in the 

 ground-colour near the aperture; columellar band blackish, suffused 

 with pinkish ; back of the lip yellowish brown. From Sinait, in 

 the province of South Ilocos. 



g. Apex brownish black, softened down into the gray- brown ground- 

 colour ; sutural band yellow-brown ; posterior circumferential band 

 olive-brown ; anterior circumferential band whitish at its commence- 

 ment, then yellowish, and at length grayish ; back of the Yi^ yellow ; 

 border of the columella brownish yellow. From Sinait. 



h. Nearly similar to g, but smaller, and the circumferential bands 

 nearly obsolete toward the back of the aperture. From Sinait, in 

 the province of South Ilocos. 



i. Apex blackish, softened down into a pale greenish gray ; suture 

 white ; antesutural band dull and pale yellow-brown ; posterior cir-, 

 cumferential band of the same colour, and very naiTow ; anterior 

 circumferential band dull yellowish white ; back of the lip pale yellow. 



k. Apex pale reddish brown ; ground-colour pale fawn-colour ; 

 sutural band rather obsolete, reddish ; circumferential band yellowish 

 white ; columellar band rose-colour, and back of the lip duller ; last 

 volution speckled. From Saint Nicolas. 



/. Apex pale reddish brown ; ground-colour yellow ; antesutural 

 band yellow-brown, pink in front ; a very narrow dull greenish band 

 near the circumference ; back of the lip brownish red ; columellar 

 band rose-colour. This is a small variety from Curimao, in the pro- 

 vince of North Ilocos. 



m. Apex and circumference of the columella rose-colour ; ground- 

 colour dull yellow, suffused at the posterior part of each volution 

 and toward the mouth with pink ; antesutural and circumferential 

 bands yellow-brown. A very pretty small variety firom Sinait, in 

 the province of South Ilocos. 



n. Apex pink ; ground-colour yellow-brown, increasing in inten- 

 sitj'^, darker toward the suture ; columellar circumference pink. A 

 sm.ill, somewhat lengthened variety from near Sinait. 



0. Apex nearly black, soon softened down to nearly colourless, and 

 then gradually into the pale grayish green ground-colour ; antesutural 

 band rather indistinct, brownish yellow ; posterior circumferential 

 band brownish yellow, very sHght and indistinct at its commencement, 

 but becoming gradually more and more distinct : the reverse is the 

 case with the anterior circumferential band, which is distinct and 

 nearly wliite at its commencement, but becomes gradually darker, 

 vmtil it is nearly lost in the ground-colour ; back of the lip dull yel- 

 low ; last volution speckled. From Saint Nicolas. 



p. Apex very pale pink ; circumference of the columella rose-colour ; 



