1. Placostylus Souvillei Morelet. 

 Taf. 1. Fig. 1. Taf. 2. Fig. 1. 



Testa imperforata, ovato-conica, solida, ponderosa, plus minusve distincte compressa, 

 ruditer oblique striata vel striato - costata , epidermide castaneo - rufescente , saturatius ple- 

 rumque in parte supera anfractus ultimi fasciata, in spira plerumque detrita obtecta. An- 

 fractus 7 convesiusculi, sutura impressa subcrenulata discreti, superi regulariter crescentes, 

 ultimus magnus, inflatus, compressus, antice ascendens, testae ^/g occupans. Apertura 

 obloDgo-ovalis, aurantio-purpurascens, in faucibus interdum lactea; peristoma incrassatum, 

 obtusum, subduplex, carneum, ad columellam aurantio tinctum; margo externus parum 

 arcuatus, columellaris dilatatus, appressus, plica valida oblique torta, oblique intuenti du- 

 plici munitus, callo nitido aurantio, diffuse, medio tuberculum parvum album ferente cum 

 externe junctus. 



Alt. 100 — 120, diam. maj. 62, alt apert. 65 mm. 



Bulimus Souvillei Morelet*) Testacea nova Australiae 1857 et Journal de 



Conchyliologie YI. 1857. p. 300 t 10 fig. 13. 

 T— — Pfeiffer JVIonographia Heliceorum vol. 6 p. 81. 



— — — Nomenclator Heliceorum p. 214. 



— eximius Albers**) Malacozool. Blätter IV. 1857. p. 96, nee Eeeve. 



— — Pfeiffer Novitates conchologicae I. p. 118 t. 33 fig. 1. 2. 



— — — Monographia Heliceorum vol. 4 p. 446. 



— Souvillei Gassies Jounal de Conehyl. IV. 1857. p. 278. 



— — Crosse ibid. XII. 1864. p. 110. 



— — Gassies Faune Nouvelle Caledonie p. 41 pl. 7 fig. 1. 



Gehäuse undurchbolirt, kegelfönnig eiförmig, von vorn nach hinten zusammen- 

 gedrückt, festschalig, schwer, schräg rauh gestreift oder fast gerippt, mit einer 



*) Testa magna, ponderosa, imperforata, compressa, ovato-conica , rugoso - striata, castaneo - rnfescens, 

 saturatius vittata et fasciis undniatis plurimis obscure cingnlata ; anfractus 6 paucim convexi, ultimus mag- 

 nus, compressus, antice ascendens, longitudinis penitus 3/ 5 aequans; columella recta, callo lato sinuoso com- 

 presso mnnita; apertura oblongo-ovalis, aurantio-purpurascens, in fundo lactea; peristoma crassum, obtusum, 

 snbduplex, carnioolor; margine dextro superne strictiore et columellari dilatato, appresso, cum altero callo 

 valido tuberculum parvum emittente junoto. — Alt. 118 mm. 



**) T. imperforata, compresse oblongo-ovata, solida, rngoso-striata, castanea, fasciolis crebris snbun- 

 dulatis saturatioribus et pallidioribus cincta; spira subregulariter conica, acuta; anfr. 7 convexiusculi, supremi 

 nudi, carnei, ultimus spiram superans, antice leviter ascendens, latere distincte compressus; apertura verti- 

 calis, obauriformis, intus igneo - aurantiaca, in jnnioribus coerulescens ; columella valide torto - plicata ; peri- 

 stoma incrassa'tum , rectum , pallidum , marginibns callo crasso , nitidissimo , tuberculum yalidum profunde 

 gerente junctis, dextro superne sinuato. — Long. 106 — 119, diam. 55 — 60 mm. 



