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Show 588 MR. EDGAR A. SMITH ON LAND-SHELLS [May 2, 31. CURVELLA NYASANA, sp, nov. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 44.) Testct elongata, ovato-conoidea, albida, subpellucida, anguste umbilicata, lineis incrementi valde curvatis costuliformibus sculpta spira elongato-conica, ad apicem obtusa; anfractus 6-6£, convexiusculi, regulariter lente crescentes, sutura leviter obliqua sejuncti; apertura ovata, superne acuminata, longit. totius | subcequans; peristoma tenue, margine dextro in medio pro-minente curvato, ad suturam valde recedente, columellari obliquo, valde expanso et refiexo. Longit. 12| millim., diam. 6g ; apertura 6 longa, 3 lata. Hab. Mount Chiradzulu, Masuku Plateau, 6000-7000 feet; Nyika Range, 7000 feet. Var. Testa typo major, latior, spira breviore, anfractibus superioribus brevioribus. Longit. 18| millim., diam. 11. Hab. Zomba Plateau, 5000 feet. This species may prove to be the same as Hapalus conoideus of Martens -, but, judging from the figures, it seems to be longer and narrower, with a more produced and less pointed spire. 32. CURVELLA WHYTEI, sp. nov. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 45.) Testa elongata, ad apicem obtusa, imperforata, tenuis, pallide straminea, nitida, tenuissime arcuatim striata; anfractus 6-7, convexiusculi, sutura obliqua sejuncti, ultimus elongatus; apertura perpendicular is, inverse auriformis ; peristoma tenue, simplex, margine columellari refiexo, ap>presso, dextro prominente, curvato. Longit. 12| millim., diam. 4% ; apertura 4 | longa, 2 lata. Hab. Mount Chiradzulu and Zomba Plateau, 5000 feet. Martens writes concerning this species:-"Distinct from all my species by its slender form ; C. delicata the nearest, but also somewhat broader than yours." 33. SUBULINA CHIBADZULUENSIS, sp. nov. (Plate XXXIII fig. 46.) Testa elongata, imperforata, pallide cornea, tenuis, subpellucida, lineis incrementi tenuibus obliquis striata, nitida ; spira medio-criter acuminata, ad apicem submamillata ; anfractus 9, sensim crescentes, leviter convexi, infra suturam linea angusta pellucida marginati; apertura inverse auriformis, longit. totius | paulo superans; columella arcuata, antice oblique truncata; labrum simplex, tenue. Longit. ]8 millim., diam. 5. Hab. Mount Chiradzulu. Allied to S. subcrenata Martens. The lines of growth somewhat strong below the suture, producing a subcrenulated appearance. Prof. Dr. E. von Martens (in litt.) informs me that 1 Beachalte Weichthiere Deutsch-Ost-Afrikas, p. 129, pl. v. fig. 14. |