Proceedings of the United States National Museum . ^ whorl. Its nearest relative is Ohilina jiuctuosa Gray. EXPLANATION OF figures X 1%, Chilina oldroydae, new species. 2. Chilina feUpponei, new species, type. 3. Chilina oldroydae, new species, 4. Chilina flammulina, new species, type. 5. Chilina castanea, new species, type. 6. Chilina aurantia, new species, type. 7. Chilina parchappii minor, new subspecies, tj^e. 8. Chilina oldroydae, new species. 9. Chilina. olivacea, new species, Chilina oldroydae, new species, type. o U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 66, ART


Proceedings of the United States National Museum . ^ whorl. Its nearest relative is Ohilina jiuctuosa Gray. EXPLANATION OF figures X 1%, Chilina oldroydae, new species. 2. Chilina feUpponei, new species, type. 3. Chilina oldroydae, new species, 4. Chilina flammulina, new species, type. 5. Chilina castanea, new species, type. 6. Chilina aurantia, new species, type. 7. Chilina parchappii minor, new subspecies, tj^e. 8. Chilina oldroydae, new species. 9. Chilina. olivacea, new species, Chilina oldroydae, new species, type. o U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 66, ART. 13 PL. I. New Mollusks of the Genus Chilina For explanation of plate see page 5 NEW MOLLUSKS FROM SANTA ELENA BAY, ECUADOE. By Paul Bartsch. Curator of iloUusks, United States National Museum. Dr. R. A. Olsson has recently submitted to the United States Na-tional Museum a small lot of Pyramidellidae and Melanellidae col-lected by him in Santa Elena Bay, Ecuador. This is the first ma-terial that we have had from this locality. In fact, very little hasbeen collected excepting the gathering made during the forties of thelast century at this place by Hugh Cuming, which did not stressthe minute species. A very careful comparison of these specimens with the magnifi-cent Panama series in the United States National Museum revealsthe fact that every species represented in this gathering proves to beundescribed. This should certainly stimulate future efforts in thisregion, as well as in the territory to the south of it, from which verylittle minute material has come to hand. All the species described in


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