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22. abbreviata (Scarabus) Blainv. f I. 85. II. 64. — Polydonta 
abbreviata Beck. — Insula parva Oceani indici. 
23. insularis (Scarabus) Hombr. & Jacq. f I. 85. II. 64. — Ins. 
Salomonis. 
24. pollex (Scarabus) Hinds. (Coll. 13.) I. 86. II. 65. — Mouss. 
in Journ. Conch. XVIII. 1870. p. 133. — Patel Cat. p. 114. — 
Schmeltz in Mus. GodefFr. cat. Y. p. 87. — Scarabus zonatus Hombr. 
Jacq. — Scarabus pollex Reeve Conch, ic. Nr. 7. — Ins. Feejee. 
25. costulata (Scarabus) Kiist. f 1. 87. II. 65. — India orientals. 
26. albovaricosa Pfr. (Coll. 14.) I. 87. II. 66. — Ins. Celebes. 
27. ehalcostoma (Scarabus) A. Adams. I. 87. II. 66. — Scarabus 
chalcostomus Reeve Conch, ic. t. 1. f. 8. — Gassies Faun. Nouv. 
Caled. p. 55 *). t. 3. f. 5. — Ins. Salomonis (D’Orville), ins. Art 
et Tuo Novae Caledoniae (Magen, Montrouzier). 
28. P. Savaiensis Mousson. f 
„T. rimato-umbilicata, acute glandiformis, minus com- 
pressa, solidula, obtuse striata, sublaevigata , intense lutea, 
castaneo maculata. Spira acute conica, superne subconcava; 
summo producto, acuto, fusco, bre viter decollato; sutura plane 
appressa, ad varices descendente. Anfr. 8 integri, 2- — 3 detriti, 
plani , subarcuatim plane plicato - striati , ad varices obtuse 
angulati et maculis albis et fuscis, supra deficientibus picta; 
ultimus descendens, supra et infra magis striatus, in basin 
subcompressus, in marginem maculis frequentioribus ornatus. 
Apertura fere verticalis (8 0 cum axi) , spiram subaequans, 
lunato-ovalis, lutescens. Dentes parietales 2; superus pyra- 
midalis, antice bicruris, superne tenuiter elongatus, retrocur- 
vatus; inferus validus, crassiusculus, simplex; plica columellaris 
subacuta, non protracta, lente ascendens. Perist. reflexiusculum, 
intus maculatum; margine dextro supra snbsimplici, tenui, 
deinde expanso, intus 4-dentato (dentibus 2 et 4 majoribus), 
primo dente parietali infero vix opposito, saepe subjecto; mar- 
gine columellari dilatato, patente, subflexuoso. — Altit. 30, 
diam. maj. 17, min. 14 mill. — Rat. anfr. 12 : 7. — Rat. 
apert. 3:2.“ (M.) 
Pythia Savaiensis Mouss. in Journ. Conch. XVII. 1869. p. 345; XVIII. 
1870. p. 133. 
— Savayensis Schmeltz in Mus. God. cat. V. p. 87. 
Habitat in insulis Savai et Manua, nec non Ovalau (Graffe). 
0 b s. „ Species minus compressa quam P. scarabaeus et pantherina , 
proxime affinis videtur P. chalcostomae Ad.“ — An ad P. pantherinam refe- 
renda? (Patel Catal. p. 114.) 
* 
. *) „Testa perforata, elongato-ovata, subpyramidali, rufo-castaneo pallide 
nebulata, varicibus albidis, latis; anfractibus 10 — 12 subcompressis, laevibus; 
apertura subanguste ovata, nitente, fulva. — Diam. 15, alt. 26 mill.“ 
