. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Laffocheiliis similis, var., Edgar Smith. take to be the above species, only much better grown. Whenin perfect preservation it is covered with a brown epidermishaving well-displayed transverse, regular, fine liration andthe periphery adorned with a strong hairy fringe. The largest specimen measures:—major diam. 1875, minor150, alt. axis 7*5 mm. Cassidula hicoloVj sp. n. (Fig. 3, a, h.) Palawan. Collected by Mr. John Whitehead. This is a smaller shell than sulculosa, Mouss., to which itis nearest as regards the form of
. The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Laffocheiliis similis, var., Edgar Smith. take to be the above species, only much better grown. Whenin perfect preservation it is covered with a brown epidermishaving well-displayed transverse, regular, fine liration andthe periphery adorned with a strong hairy fringe. The largest specimen measures:—major diam. 1875, minor150, alt. axis 7*5 mm. Cassidula hicoloVj sp. n. (Fig. 3, a, h.) Palawan. Collected by Mr. John Whitehead. This is a smaller shell than sulculosa, Mouss., to which itis nearest as regards the form of the aperture, but it is not sostrongly formed. The body-whorl is crossed by shallow Nat. size. Cassidula bicolor. longitudinal plications. The colour is a very dark sepia-brown, with two broad, parallel, very white bands, whichextend to the outer margin of the peristome. I could findnothing like it in the British Museum collection.
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