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Show 24 LIEUT.-COL. H. H. GODWIN-AUSTEN ON [Jan. 6, Vaginula wallacei, Issel, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vi. p. 385, t. iv. figs. 1-3 (1874). Hab. Sarawak, one example (Doria and Beccari). Parmarion beccarii, Issel, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vi. p. 386, t. iv. figs. 9-11 (1874). Hab. Sarawak, two examples (Doria and Beccari). Parmarion doria, Issel, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vi. p. 388, t. iv. figs. 7, 8 (1874). Hab. Sarawak, one example (Doria and Beccari). Damayantia dilecta, Issel, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vi. p. 390, t. iv. figs. 4-6 (1874). Hab. Sarawak, three examples (Doria and Beccari). Helicarion borneensis. Vitrina borneensis, Pfeiff. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 324; id. Monogr. Helic. iv. p. 793 (1859) ; id. Novitat. Conch, t. xxviii. figs. 10-12 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. vi. fig. 41. Helicarion borneensis, v. Martens, Preuss. Exped. Ost-Asien, Landschneck. p. 186 (1867). Hab. Borneo (Cuming Coll.). This shell has not since been sent home from Borneo, and I am therefore in doubt as to the correctness of habitat assigned to it. HELICARION (?) WHITEHEADI, n. sp. (Plate V. fig. 1.) Shell depressedly globose, tumid, slight subangulation on periphery, not perforate ; sculpture coarse, a peculiarly wrinkled surface, the lines having a very oblique transverse direction ; colour rich umber-brown, pale purple and iridescent within the aperture; spire low, rounded on apex ; suture impressed ; whorls 3|, rapidly increasing, the last much expanded ; aperture widely ovate, oblique ; peristome thin, not reflected at all on columellar margin, which is subvertical. Size: maj. diam. 35'0, min. 2 8 0 ; alt. axis 12*0 ; breadth of aperture 20*0 millim. Hab. Kina Balu Mountain, altitude not known (Mr. J. Whitehead). I place this next to Helicarion borneensis, not that I think it has any affinity to that genus as restricted, but only in its widest sense ; the animal would be a most interesting one to examine, and will probably be found allied to local races, and not having anything in common with forms such as Girasia of the Indian Region, with which the shell outwardly has resemblance. Only two specimens were brought home by Mr. Whitehead. XESTA GLUTINOSA. (Plate V. figs. 6-6 b.) Helix glutinosa, Metcalfe, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 70 ; Pfeiff. Monogr. Helic. hi. p. 54 (1853), et v. p. 90 (1868); Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. cxcvi. fig. 1378 (1854). |