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25. Helicina behniana, Pfr. T. conoideo-depressa, tenuius- 

 cula, sub lente leviter striatula, oleoso-micans, favida ; spira 

 regulariter conoidea, acutiuscula ; anfr. A\ vix convexiusculi, 

 ultimus peripheria subangulatus ; apertura obliqua, integra, 

 triangulari-semiovalis ; columella brevissima, subincrassata, 

 callum emittens tenuem, diffusum ; perist. sublate expansum, 

 margine columellari leviter arcuato. Operc. solidulum, con- 

 color. 



Diam. raaj. 7\, min. 5J-, alt. \\ mill. 

 Hab. Nicobar Islands. 



26. Helicina aruana, Pfr. T. turbinato-depressa, solidula, 

 carinata, superne oblique striata et subregulariter lirata, lutea, 

 albido variegata ; spira conoidea, mucronulat a ; anfr. 4|- con- 

 vexiusculi, ultimus infra carinam acutam rufo-fasciatus, subtus 

 sublcevigatus ; columella subtriangularis, nitida, callum emit- 

 tens latiusculum ; apertura diagonalis, triangularis ; perist. 

 tenue, vix expansiuscidum. Operc. 1 



Diam. maj. 11, min. 9^, alt. 6 mill. 

 Hab. Am Islands. 



27. Helicina minuscula (Schasicheila), Pfr. T. globoso- 

 conica, tenuis, sublcevigata, nitida, pellucida, fulva; spira 

 conoidea, acutiuscula ; anfr. 4 convexi, ultimus ventrosus, pone 

 columellam excavatus, callosus ; apertura parum obliqua, semi- 

 ovalis ; perist. simplex, tenue, rectum, marginibus lamina cal- 

 losa junctis, dextro superne inciso, turn arcuatim procedente, 

 columellari libero substricto. Operc. 1 



Diam. maj. 4-§-, min. 3f, alt. 3 mill. 

 Hab. Unknown. 



3. Descriptions of Two New Species of Melamptjs, from 

 Mr. Cuming's Collection. By Dr. L. Pfeiffer. 



1 . Melamptjs fricki, Pfr. T. subperforata, oblong o-fusiformis , 

 solida, longitudinaliter conferte plicata, rufa; spira convexo- 

 conica, mucronata ; sutura linearis, sublacera ; anfr. 10 planius- 

 culi, ultimus spiram paulo superans, basi compressus, medio plicis 

 evanidis sublcsvigaius ; apertura angusta, basi rotundata ; plica 

 parietalis 1 compressa ; plica columellaris dentiformis, extrorsum 

 prolongata ; perist. simplex, margine dextro intus plicis 5 subin- 

 trantibus munito, columellari c alio so, sublibero. 



Long. 12, diam. 5f mill. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands (Dr. Frick). 



2. Me lam pus sculptus, Pfr. T. subperforata, fusiformi- ob- 

 long a, solidula, superne distincte costato-plicata, saturate cas- 

 tanea ; spira conica, mucronata ; sutura distincta, subcrenata ; 

 anfr. 10-11 planiusculi, ultimus f longitudinis subaquans, sub- 



