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THE CONCIIOLOGJCAL MAGAZINE 



TWO NEW SPECIES OF KALIELLA FROM THE 

 NORTHERN DISTRICTS OF JAPAN 



By Y. iiikase 



Mr. Yiota Otaki, an earnest collector in On, the name given 

 to some provinces in the north-east of Japan-Proper, has long been in 

 sympathy with my undertaking, and lias constantly helped mc 

 especially with my field work. I believe I do not exaggerate his 

 merits by saying that due credit ought to be given to him for nearly 

 all conchological study and knowledge obtained in the northern 

 part of Japan. 



I have recently received from him a complete list of his collec- 

 tion. I think it very useful. So I have taken the liberty of putting 

 it before the public on another pages. 



From among the shells which he sent me, I have been so 

 fortunate as to find two new species of snails. In recognition of his 

 earnest and hard labor, the two new species are described as follows. 



Fig. I. Kaliella otakiana Hir. 



Fig. Z. Kaliella multivolvis 

 oshuensis Hir. 



Kaliella otakiana Hir. n, sp. Fig. i. 



Shell narrowly perforated, minute, pyramidal with very convex 

 lateral outlines, translucent, pale corneous-brown, earlier whorls paler; 

 whorls 8 T 4 , convex, separated by a deep suture, narrowly margined ; 

 the last whorl strongly carinated at the periphery. Surface 

 sculptured above with close, minute, vertical striae, producing a 

 silken luster. Base very convex, glossy with fine growth wrinkles, 

 when viewed from the basal side we can percieve three radial white 



