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PYTHIA §. 1. 2. 
ultimus 2 / 3 1 / 2 longitudinis aequans; sutura plicata; spira abbre- 
viata, acuminata, apice erosa, varicibus albo-rufis; apertura 
subanguste ovata, denticulata, labro dextro intus crasso, fulvo, 
tuberculis 5 munito, 2 mediis majoribus; dentes palatales 2, 
superne elongato-conici, inferne subbifidi, descendentes; plica 
columellaris excavata, ascendens; peristoma patulum, reflexum, 
violaceum, nitidum, intus nigro-coeruleum, nitidum; dentes i 
albo-fulvi. — Diam. maj. 13, alt. 23 — 25 mill. Apert. 10 — 11 
mill, longa, 5 lata.“ (G.) 
Scarabus Mauritius Gass, in Journ. Conch. XVIII. p. 143; Faune Nouv. 
Caled. II. 1871. p. 103. t. 7. f. 5 (non 6). 
Habitat in Nova Caledonia (Lambert, Deplanches, Vieillard). 
6. Petiveriana (Scarabus) Fer. f I. 78. II. 58. — Patel Cat. p. 
114. — An = P. plicata Fto.? — Bengalia. 
7. P. minor (Scarabus) Gassies. 
„ Testa imperforata, minuta, compressiuscula , strigata, 
rufescente, castaneo vel fulvo - marmorata ; spira abbreviato- 
acuminata; varicibus albis; anfractibus 7 — 8 subcorrugatis; 
apertura anguste ovata, depressa, denticulata, labro columellari 
contorto. — Diam. 10, alt. 13 mill. 44 (G. — Coll. Nr. 4.) 
Scarabus minor Gassies Faun. Nouv. Caled. 1863. p. 57. t. 3. f. 8. 
Habitat in insula Tuo Novae Caledoniae (Montrouzier). 
§. 2 . 
8. lekithostoma (Scarabus) Reeve. (Coll. 5.) I. 79. II. 59. — Patel 
Cat. p. 114. — Ins. Guam. 
9. P. Verreauxi Pfr. 
T. imperforata, elliptico-ovata, solida, sublaevigata, ad 
suturam profunde arcuato-striata ; spira conoidea, acutiuscula, 
nigricans; varices obtusuli, pone limbum nigrum striga albida 
notati; anfr. 10 plani, ultimus 3 / 5 longitudinis subaequans, 
antice parum descendens, superne et antice nigro - castaneus, 
caeterum ful vidus , castaneo - maculatus ; apertura verticalis, 
angusta; dentes parietales 2 griseo-albidi, superior trigonus, 
subbicruris, alter oblique intrans, extus subduplicatus ; plica 
columellaris lata, quadrangularis, oblique ascendens; perist. 
nigricans, pallide limbatum, reflexiusculum, margine dextro 
