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plica columellaris linguaeformis, obliqua, extus ad marginem 
producta; perist. fulvo-lividum, marginibus callo tenui junctis, 
dextro regulariter arcuato, reflexiusculo, intus callo inaequaliter 
sexdentato munito (dentibus 2 supremis, quarto et sexto mino- 
ribus), columellari crasso, adnato. — Long. 21, diam. I2 x / 2f 
min. 10 mill. Apert, c. perist. ID /2 m ill. longa. (Coll. Nr. 9.) 
Pythia nigricans Pjr. in Malak. Bl. III. 1856. p. 174; Novit. conch. Fasc. 
XXVIII. p. 358. n. 482. t. 83. f. 9. 10; Auric. Brit. 
Mus. p. 64. 
Habitat . . .? 
i6. P. tortuosa f^ousson. f 
„T. imperforata, nec rimata, compresse ovata, vix stria- 
tula, laevigata, vel unicolor fuscula, vel luteo brunneoque 
maculata. Spira compresso-conica ; summo acuto, regulari; 
sutura simplici, ad varices descendente. Anfr. 10, plani, arcuatim 
plicato-striati, varicibus macula alba, parvula ornatis; ultimus 
descendens, subtrapezialiter ovatus, ad regionem umbilicarem 
valde attenuatus. Apert, subverticalis (8° cum axi), spiram 
vix superans, anguste oblique semiovalis, pallide lutea. Dentes 
parietales 2, superus triangularis, bicruris, crure supero aeque 
prolongato, paulo curvato, inferus validus, simplex; plica colu- 
mellaris subhorizontalis, gracilis, antice producta, in marginem 
basalem curvata. Perist. breviter reflexum, extus albo margi- 
natum, intus interdum fusco maculatum; marginibus callo 
tenui junctis; dextro supra subsimplici, turn late labiato, 5-den- 
tato, dentibus tertio et quinto majoribus, secundo parietali stride 
opposite; columellari brevissimo, superne arete et concave ap- 
presso, lateraliter externe curvatim producto. — Alt. 21, diam. 
maj. 12, min. 9,8 mill. — Rat. anfr. 17:9. — Rat. apert. 4:3. 
/?. infidelis. — Subrimata, paulo gracilior, fuscula, subuni- 
color, margine columellari minus demisso et minus appreso. 44 (M.) 
Pythia tortuosa Mouss. in Journ. Conch. XIX. 1871. p. 19. t. 3. f. 6. 
— — Patel Catal. p. 114. 
— — Schmeltz in Mus. God. cat. V. p. 87. 
Habitat in insulis (Tonga) Uea et Futuna (Graffe). 
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17. imperforata (Scarabus) A. Adams. (Coll. 10.) I. 80. II. 60. — 
Patel Cat. p. 114. — Scarabus imperforatus Issel Moll. Born. p. 
61. — Borneo. 
is. P. Crosseana (Scarabus) Gassies. + 
„Testa imperforata, abbreviato-obesa, griseo-coerulea, ad 
aperturam alba, sparsim brunneo - maculata , longitudinaliter 
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