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Show 18/1.] MR. HARPER PEASE ON POLYNESIAN LAND-SHELLS. 477 CHONDRELLA striata, Pse. Roratonga. ELECTRINA, Gray. succinea, Sow. Rapa. Family TRUNCATELLID^E. TRUNCATELLA, Risso. concinna, Pse. Apaiang. TRUNCATELLA pacifica, Pse. Oualau. valida, Pfr. Samoa. TAHEITIA, A. Ad. pallida, Pse. Tahiti. porrecta, Gld. Tahiti. scalariformis, Rve. (arcticostata, Mouss). Annaa. vitiana, Gld. Samoa. AUR1CULID.E. CASSIDULA, Fer. crassiuscula, Mouss. Upolu. PYTHIA, Bolten. acuta, Hombr. Hogoleu. pantherina, A. Ad. Nueniona. var. uveana, Mouss. Uvea. savaiiensis, Mouss. Savaii. PLECOTREMA, H. & A. Ad. clausa, H. & A. Ad. Hawaii. striata, Phil. Oahu. MELAMPUS, Mont. ?ater, Miihl. Ponape. castaneus, Miihl. Molokai. fasciatus, Desh. Ponape. frickii, Pfr. Oahu. lucidus, Pse. Oahu. luteus, Quoy. Ponape. mucronatus, Gld. Raraka. (oryza, H. Sc A. Ad. Annaa.) MELAMPUS philippii, Kust. Marquesas. parvulus, Nutt. Oahu. semiplicatus, Pse. Oahu. semisulcatus, Mouss. Upolu. striatus, Pse. Tahiti. tseniola, Hombr. Mangareva. violus, Less. Bolabola. zonatus, Miihl. Marquesas. LAIMODONTA, H. & A. Ad. conica, Pse (anaaensis, Mouss.). Annaa. bronni, Phil, (sandwichensis, Soul.). PEDIPES, Adans. sandwichensis, Pse. Hawaii. BLAUNERIA, Shutt. gracilis, Pse. Oahu. The following description was omitted above : - CHONDRELLA STRIATA, Pse. T. globoso-conica, tenuiuscula, imperforata, dextrorsa, spiraliter striata, fulvida aut rufo-cornea; anf. 3, convexi, ultimus subventricosus; spira obtusa, sutura impressa; apertura rotundato- ovata; labrum simplex, tenue; columella fere recta, callo superne late dilatato. Alt. If, diam. 1\ mill. Hab. Insula Roratonga. The above may be distinguished from C. parva, Pse., in being striate. It is also of smaller size. The first specimens of the above genus forwarded to London were supposed by Mr. H. Adams to be the young of some species of Realia ; they resemble more nearly the young of Assiminea. They may be at once distinguished from either by the columellar callosity. |