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Show 1883.] DR. o. BOETTGER O N N E W CLAUSILIA. 329 The var. strictecostata, Bttg. (Mon. d. Claus.-Sect. Albinaria, p. 28, t. i. fig. 6), has been found by Admiral Spratt in Sphakia, south of Crete, in a nearly typical specimen. One did not yet know till now any sure locality for this Cretan form, well distinguished from C. tenuicostata typica" by the costation of the neck, whose ribs are not at all stronger than in the median whorls, and by the deep-lying spiral lamella, which does not approach the lamella supera. Alt. 17|-18|, lat. 3|-4 mm.; alt. apert. 4, lat. apert. 2f-3 mm. 10. CLAUSILIA CANDIDA, Pfr. P. Z. S. 1849, p. 135. This species, specimens of which Admiral Spratt found near Khania, island of Crete, is absolutely identical with C. straminea, Ad. Schmidt, System, d. europ. Claus. 1868, p. 91. 11. CLAUSILIA APHRODITE, n. sp. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 3.) Peraff. C. arthurianse, Blanc, sed sordide brunnea, penitus albido-costulata, spira exserta validiusque concave producta, apice Anfr. 12h, exceptis duobus primis confertim capillaceo-costulati nee striati, costulis anfr. ultimi antice vix validioribus. Apert. apparatusque claustralis affines, sed peristomate magis soluto, faucibus hepaticis; lam. supera minus alta, vel stricta vel subconcava nee semicirculari oblique ascendente. Caterum C. arthurianee simillima, sed plicis lamellisque omnibus, ut videtur, minus validis acutisque. Alt. 19, lat. 4g mm.; apert. 4\, lat. apert. 3| mm. Hab. Pass over Tylisso near Megalokastron, island of Crete (Spratt). This form is easily distinguished from C. arthuriana, Blanc, by the brown colour and the white or grey ribs of its shell, whilst C. arthuriana, from Spinalunga island, Crete, is quite isabel-coloured and only very finely striated. So the new species has more the appearance of G. hippolyti, Bttg., from Mount Ega, Crete ; but it is not spotted like that, and has a more complicated apparatus claustralis. 12. CLAUSILIA THIESSEHE, Bttg. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 4.) Nachr.-Blatt d. d. Malakozool. Ges. 1880, p. 48. I give here a drawing of this fine shell, not yet figured, which seems to occur not rarely in Akarnania, Morea (Br. Theod. Krueper) and in the neighbourhood of Patras, Morea (Thiesse and Consul Nik. Konemenos). 13. CLAUSILIA BIGIBBOSA, Charp. Zeitschr. f. Malak. 1847, p. 143. I possess in my collection the typical form of this species from Natolia. It measures, alt. 15|-20g, lat. 4-4| mm. F. MAJOR, m. Typo major robustiorque, anfr. tertio usque ad sextum distantius costulato-striatis, crista cervicis magis geniculata, minus rugosa. Alt. 22, lat. 5 mm.; alt. apert. 5, lat. apert. 4 mm. Sab. Arsa, valley near Xanthus, Lycia (Spratt). |
