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pulcherrime ornata, aterrima vel rarius fusco-olivacea, 
concolor vel vario modo picta (pietura saepius obsolete 
translucenti: punctis numerosis nigris in seriebus trans- 
versalibus positis, vel maculis pallide flavis introrsum 
acutis retrorsum nigro-marginatis, vel nigro-punctata 
et nigro-rhomboideo-reticulata, vel maculis pallide fla- 
vis forma varlis etc.); spira prominula, semper fere erosa; 
anfr. ult. ad suturam forte depressus, subconcavus; su- 
tura appressa, antice subadscendens; apertura intus 
coerulescens, margine supero acutangule appresso, ex- 
terno paullo arcuato, infero magis arcuato, columellari 
leviter sinuoso, supra et infra sinum obtuse denticulato, 
supra medium dente majore; area columellaris griseo fla- 
vescens, subtiliter coriaceo rugulosa et foveolata, superne 
plaga brunnea, nitida, punctata, distinete terminata. — 
Long. (spec. max.) 21, lat. 15, alt. 12; margo colum. 
12 mm. 
Japan, Enoshima in Nipon et Mizu in Kiusiu. 
Assiminea castanea n. 
Testa imperforata, pyramidali-conica, solida, castanea, niti- 
dissima, striatula, spiraliter lineata, spira acuta; anfr.T, 
convexiusculi, sutura tenui disjuneti, ultimus obsolete 
angulatus, basi convexus, dimidiam longitudinis test 
fere occupans; apertura piriformis, superne acuta, pa- 
riete stricto; peristoma rectum, margine basali arcuato, 
columellari paullo incrassato, superne reflexo. — Long.5, 
diam. ad basin 2'/, mm. 
Japan, Yokohama. 
Melania niponica E. Smith. 
var. decipiens n. 
Testa subulate-conica, anfr. summo tantum decöllata, pal- 
lida, olivaceo-flavescens; aufr. reliqui 7—8, fere plani, 
“lu sutura simpliei sejuncti, costis longitudinalibus crassis, 
