466 Messrs. J. C. Melvill and J. H. Ponsonby on 
rather narrow velvety black band ; this is preceded on each 
side by a transverse white line which, close to the suture, 
gives off an oblique white line in the direction of the basal 
tubercle ; and in the angle thus formed, which has an inner 
fulvous-brown border, there is a third very short white 
line. The part of the elytra between the innermost oblique 
lines is velvety black. With the exception of a narrow 
bluish-grey transverse spot the whole of the elytra succeeding 
the median black band is covered by a delicate fulvous-brown 
pubescence. The elytra are furnished in addition with some 
widely scattered long fulvous bristles. A few punctures are 
to be seen on the basal third, A pubescent white line passes 
along the dorsal margin of each of the legs. The femora are 
subfusiform, pedunculate at the base. 
This species at first sight resembles very much A . bicuspis , 
Chevr,, but is easily distinguished by the difference in the 
punctuation of the elytra and other characters. 
LV. — Descriptions of four new Species of Terrestrial Mollusca 
from South Africa , zoith Observations on Helix Huttonise 
(Bens.). By James Cosmo Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., and 
John Henry Ponsonby, F.Z.S. 
Amongst numerous specimens of terrestrial and fluviatile 
shells recently collected at or near Port Elizabeth by Mr. J. 
Crawford are many undoubtedly new to science. Some of 
these were in the first instance placed in the hands of M. 
Morelet, who last year contributed a paper on this subject to 
the 6 Journal de Conchyliologie.’ Since then Mr. Crawford, 
who has received much valuable assistance from Messrs. 
Farquhar, Leslie, and Langley, from various neighbouring 
localities, has remitted fresh material, of which the following 
four species may be regarded as the primary outcome ; and 
we are hoping before long to offer a second communication 
with further descriptions of other forms new to science. 
We must not forget to thank Mr. Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S. , 
of the Zoological Department, British Museum, for kind 
assistance. 
Vitrina cingulata y sp. nov. 
F. testa globulosa, convexa, tenui, olivaceo-hyalina, supra peri- 
pheriam distinctissime rubro-cingulata ; spira emersa ; anfractibus 
laevibus, subventricosis ; apertura subrotundata. 
Long. 15, lat. 20 mill. 
Hob. Port Elizabeth. 
