348 Mr. M. Connolly on 



to me ; it is slightly narrower and more carinate on the last 

 whorl than pileata, Mts., with nearly a whorl more in the 

 same length, while the striation in pile at a is more distant on 

 the first two than on the later whorls, whereas in "perobtusa 

 it is nearly equidistant throughout. 



It is rather doubtful whether the group of large yellow 

 shells to which this and the next species belong, and which 

 appear to lay ronnd, rather than elongate, eggs, should be 

 placed in Pseudoglessula or Subulina ; owing, however, to 

 their agreeing in apical sculpture with Pseudoglessula, 

 it is certainly more convenient to attribute them to that 

 genus until the anatomy is fully known. 



Pseudoglessula batesi, sp. n. (PI. I, fig. 6.) 



Shell rather large, elongate-turriform, imperforate, rather 

 thin, silky, nearly transparent, pale yellowish olivaceous. 

 Spiie produced, sides regular, apex obtusely rounded. 

 Whorls 10, convex, gradually increasing, without margina- 

 tion on the last, sculptured almost to the extreme apex with 

 regular^ well defined, nearly straight and vertical, transverse 

 striae, equidistant and very close on the last 7 whorls, very 

 slightly more distant on the 3rd and a little more so on the 

 2nd; suture simple, well defined. Aperture ovate; peri- 

 stome simple, acute, outer lip nearly straight in profile, 

 receding a little to the base ; columella slightly concave, 

 sharply truncate. 



Long. 25-2, lat. 6*2 ; apert., alt. 6*2, lat. 2*7 ; last whorl 

 10-2 mm. 



Var. ex forma major. (PI. I. fig. 7.) 



A rather more obese form, with slightly, but noticeably, 

 longer whorls, though the same in number as in the type. 



Long. 26-8, lat. 7'1 ; apert., alt. 7*0, lat. 3-5; last whorl 

 11*6 mm. 



Hab. Camerun, Bitze (Bates). 



Although it is remarkable that this conspicuous shell does 

 not appear to have been already described, I cannot reconcile 

 it with any recorded species. It is nearest to Pseudoglessula 

 strigosa (Morelet) from Angola, from which it diflers in 

 having finer a})ex and rather shorter whorls. 



Pseudoglessula fasciata J nom. nov. 



As Bulimus kirJdi, Craven (P. Z. S. 1880, p. 217), is 

 undou])tedly a Pseudoglessida, the name must yiehl pre- 

 cedence to that of Buliminus kirki, Dohrn (P.Z. S. 1865, 



