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Show 806 LIEUT.-COL. H . H . G O D W I N - A U S T E N O N [June 21, Longest specimen :- Major diam. 0*24, alt. axis 0*50, alt. apert. 0*22 inch. „ 6*0, „ 12*5, „ 5-7 millim. Shortest specimen:- Major diam. 0*22, alt. axis 0*42, alt. apert. 0*17 inch. „ „ 5*5, „ 10*8, „ 4*5 millim. [Taken on stems of Draccena, on limestone at an altitude of over 2000 feet.-B. B.~] This shell might at first sight be taken for A. gollonsirensis ; but the much more open rimation and more polished surface distinguish it. It is again very similar to A. longiformis, but is more attenuate in form. 9. BULIMINUS (ACHATINELLOIDES) ZEBRINUS, n. sp. (Plate LXVIII. fig. 7.) Shell rimate, elongately fusiform, polished, solid ; sculpture indistinct transverse striar; under lens ; colour milky white, with fine well-defined spiral bands of madder-brown on the last whorl, which near the suture turn sharply and change to a dark ochre tint; the dark bands are more irregular and jagged towards the apex ; spire elongately pyramidal, very slightly convex ; suture shallow ; whorls 6|, sides somewhat flattened; aperture subvertical; peristome thickened; columellar margin with a slight fold. Longest specimen :- Major diam. 0*19, alt. axis 0*43, alt. apert. 0*20 inch. „ „ 5*0, „ 10*8, „ 5-2 millim. Shortest specimen :- Major diam. 0*14, alt. axis 0*37, alt. apert. 0*14 inch. „ „ 4*0, „ 9*4, „ 4*0 millim. Locality. On the stems of Dracana on limestone at over 2000 feet, along with A. tigris. 10. BULIMINUS (ACHATINELLOIDES)LONGIFORMIS,n.sp. (Plate LXVIII. fig. 8.) Shell very narrowly rimate, polished, solid, very elongately fusiform ; sculpture indistinct transverse strise ; colour white, with elongate more or less dark-brown streaks of colour extending to apex, less defined on basal end ; spire elongately pyramidal, sides flatly convex ; suture shallow ; whorls 7, sides flat; aperture ovate, rather more than half the length of axis; peristome sharp on the outer margin, which is slightly convex; columellar margin rather thickened, almost concealing the rimation, with an internal fold. Longest specimen:- Major diam. 0*28, alt. axis 0*76, alt. apert. 0*30 inch. » 7*2, „ 19*5, „ 8*0 millim. |