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Show 580 MR. G. B. SOWERBY ON NEW [Nov. 19, 8. ACHATINA LINTER^E, n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 11.) A. testa ovata, tenuis, nitens, alba, epidermide fulva induta, maculis conspicuis fuscis unifasciatim dispositis supra medium picta ; spira conica, apice obtusa; sutura impressa, subcrenulata; anfractus 7, convexiusculi, grano-plicati ; anfr. ultimus inflatus, supra obsolete grano-plicatus, deinde leevigatus ; apertura verticalis, subovata, fauce albida cceruleo limbata ; columella fere recta, dilute ceerulescens ; peristoma simplex, tenue, fusca. Long. 85, diam. 47 mill. Hab. Port Elizabeth. A very handsome species, of which the type (at present unique) is in Miss Linter's collection. It is distinguished from its congeners chiefly by a conspicuous row of brown blotches a little removed from the suture. 9. BULIMUS (BULIMINUS?) GOMEZI, n.sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 8.) B. testa anguste perforata, oblongo-conica, solidiuscula, polita, griseo-albida, flaveo-tinctu, seriebus 2-3 macularum fuscarum cincta, nigro promiscue punctata, basi lineis 2 nigris ornata ; spira elato-conica, apice acuta, nigra; anfractus 7, leviter convexi, leeves; anfr. ultimus spiram fere cequans, subventri-cosus ; apertura subovata, fauce nigro-fusca ; peristoma acutum, album, marginibus callo tenuissimo junctis, margine columellari supra tenuiter dilatato, perforationem semi-occultante, fusco. Long. 21, lat. 13 mill. flab. Usagara, Africse meridionalis. A pretty species, somewhat allied to B. venustus (Morelet); rather solid, with a polished surface ; greyish white, tinged with pale yellow near the suture, painted with rows of brown spots, a promiscuous scattering of black dots, and two blackish lines towards the base ; the apex is black and the interior very dark brown. Several specimens, somewhat varying in the disposition of the spots, but with the same general characteristics, are in the collection of Mr. S. J. Da Costa. 10. BULIMUS (BULIMINUS?) HANNINGTONI,n. sp. (Plate LVI. fig. 7.) B. testa anguste rimata, pyramidali turrita, fusca, nitens, tenuis, longitudinaliter obsolete et irregulariter striata ; spira elonguto-conica, acuta; anfractus 10, convexiusculi; sutura impressa, anfractus ultimus ^ longitudinis cequans, paulo inflatus; apertura fere verticalis, ovata; peristoma simplex, acutum, marginibus callo tenuissimo junctis, margine columellari supra dilatato, perforationem occultante. Long. 16, diam. 6| mill. Hab. Usagara, Africse meridionalis. A small, horny species of the form of a Stenogyra, with a very acute spire. The type is in the collection of Mr. S. J. Da Costa. |
