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Descriptions of twelve new species of Vitrina and 



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



By Dr. L. Pfeiffer. 



1. Vitrina luzonica, Pfr. F. testd depressd^ tenuis Idevigatdy 

 nitidd, pelluciddy aured ; spird planiusculd ; suturd simplice, 

 vix impressd ; anfractibus 3 sensim accrescentibuSy ultimo sub- 

 depresso, peripherid rotundato, basi lata; aperturd obliqud, 

 lunari-ovali ; peristomate tenui, margins svpero antrorsum sub- 

 arcuatOy columellari tenuissimOy declivi, 



Diam. maj. 7\, min. 5|^, alt. 4 mill. 



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



2. Vitrina Verreauxii, Pfr. V. testd depressdy striatuld, 

 tenuiy diaphandy parum nitentey olivaceo-fulvd ; spird subpla- 

 nulatd ; suturd impressd, marginatd ; anfractibus 3^ rapidh 

 accrescentibuSy ultimo depresso, basi angustOy planiusculo ; 

 aperturd perobliqud, ampldy lunari-ovali ; peristomate simplice, 

 acutOy marginihus approximatisy dextro antrorsum arcuato, 

 columellari breviter recedentey leviter arcuato. 



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

 Hab. in Australia (Verreaux). 



3. Vitrina Strangei, Pfr. V. testd depressdy tenuissimdy Ice- 

 vigatdy nitiddy fusco- vel virenti-corned ; spird parvd, vix con- 

 vexiusculdy vertice subtiliy later ali ; suturd impressdy submargi- 

 natd ; anfractibus 3 vix convexiusculisy rapidh accrescentibuSy 

 ultimo superne depressOy peripherid rotundatOy basi convexiore ; 

 aperturd obliqudy ampldy lunari-subcirculari ; peristomate sim- 

 plicCy obtusuloy marginibus approximatiSy dextro antrorsum di- 

 latatOy columellari recedentCy perareuatOy angustissime membra' 

 naceo-marginato. 



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



Hab. Brisbane, in ora orientali Novae HoUandiae (Strange). 



4. SucciNEA ACUTA, Pfr. S. testd oblong dy subfusiformiy tenuiy 

 distincte striatd et minutk malleatdy nitidissimdy pelluciddy 

 rosedy epidermide decidud fulvd munitd ; spird subelongatdy co- 

 nicdy acutd ; suturd profundd ; anfractibus 4 convexisy ultimo 

 \ longitudinis vix cequantCy basi attenuato ; columella, subcal- 

 losdy substricte recedente ; aperturd axiferb paralleldy oblongo- 

 ovaliy superne angulatd ; peristomate simplicCy tenuiy margins 

 dextro leviter arcuato. 



Long. 20, diam. 9y, 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 

 of (S. putrisy 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-ovnfdy tenuiy 

 subgranulato-striatdy diaphandy parum nitiddy pallidc corned ; 

 spird brevi, ohtusiusculd ; anfractibus vix 3 convexis, ultimo 



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