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9. Descriptions of twelve new species of Vitrina and 



succinea, from the collection of h. cuming, esq. 



By Dr. L. Pfeiffer. 



1. Vitrina luzonica, Pfr. V. testd depressd, tenui, Icevigatd, 



nitidd, pellucidd, aiired ; spird planiusculd ; suturd siniplice, 

 vix impressd ; anfractibus 3 sensim accrescentibus, ultimo sub- 

 depresso, peripherid rotundato, bast lato ; aperturd obliqud, 

 hmari-ovali ; peristomate tenui, margine siipero antrorsum sub- 

 arcuato, columellari tenuissimo, declivi. 



Diam. maj. /i, min. 5f, alt. 4 mill. 



Hab. Sorsogon, insulse Luzon (H. Cuming). 



2. Vitrina Verreauxii, Pfr. F. testd depressd, striatuld, 

 tenui, diaphand, parum nitente, olivaceo-fuhd ; spird subpla- 

 nulatd ; suturd impressd, tnarginatd ; anfractibus 2>\ rapidi 

 accrescentibus, ultimo depresso, basi angusto, planiusculo ; 

 aperturd perobliqud, ampld, lunari-ovali ; peristomate simplice, 

 acuta, marginibus approximatis, dextro antrorsum arcuato, 

 columellari breviter recedente, leviter arcuato. 



Diam. maj. 13, min. 10, alt. 6 mill. 

 Hab. in Australia (Verreaux). 



3. Vitrina Strangei, Pfr. F. testd depressd, tenuissimd, Ice- 

 vigatd, nitidd, fusco- vel virenti-corned ; spird pa}'vd, vix con- 

 vexiusculd, vertice subtili, laterali ; suturd impressd, submargi- 

 natd ; anfractibus 3 vix convexiusculis, rapidh accrescentibus, 

 ultimo supernh depresso, peripherid rotundato, basi convexiore ; 

 aperturd obliqud, ampld, lunari-subcirculari ; peristomate sim- 

 plice, obtusulo, marginibus approximatis, dextro antrorsum di- 

 latato, columellari recedente, perarcuato, angustissime membra- 

 naceo-marginato. 



Diam. maj. 10, min. 7\, alt. 5 mill. 



Hab. Brisbane, in ora orientali Novse Hollandise (Strange). 



4. Succinea acuta, Pfr. S. testd oblongd, subfusiformi, tenui, 

 distincte striatd et minute malleatd, nitidissimd, pellucidd, 

 rosed, epidermide decidudfulvd munitd ; spird subelongatd, co- 

 nicd, acutd ; suturd profundd ; anfractibus 4 convexis, ultimo 

 f longitudinis vix cequante, basi attenuato ; columella subcal- 

 losd, substricte recedente ; aperturd axifere paralleld, oblongo- 

 ovali, superne angulatd ; peristomate simplice, tenui, margine 

 dextro leviter arcuato. 



Long. 20, diam. 9^, alt. 7 mill.; ap. 12 mill, longa, medio 7 lata. 



Hab. in Britannia, prope Scarborough. 



It is impossible to join this beautiful shell to any of the varieties 

 ofS.putris, from which it differs by its colour, by the elongated and 

 sharply-pointed spire, whorls more convex, nearly straight columella, 

 and oblong-ovate aperture. 



5. Succinea subgranosa, Pfr. S. testd elliptico-ovatd, tenui, 



