TlIK AXXALS 3IAGAZIXE OF N.VTUIl-VL IlESTOUY. [KIGllTri SERIES.] No. 24. DECEMBER 1909. LVrr. — Descriptions of Nine Species of Eiinea and Five Ifeiicoich, all from' South Afrira. By jA>nvS OOS.MO Melvill, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.S., and John Hexuy PONSONBY, F.Z.S. [riate VIII.] It is nearly two yoav.s since oui-last paper * upon the non-marine Molliiscan fauna of the South-African region was ])ublishecl. Since then one or two new collectors have energetically started in the field, notably Captain Connolly, whilst others, such as Mv. J. Farquiiar, are still as successful as ever in prosecutin<;-researches which result invariably iu important and valuable discoveries. Amongst those the following fourteen species have been kindly placed in our hands for description. No less than nine species o£ Ennea are here included, mostly of smaller size than usual, and also a few Ilelicoids. With regard to somo of these last we hopo before very long to be able to give particulars of their anatomy. Ennea callisfa, sp. n. (PI. VITI. fig. 1.) E. testa minuta, tcnui, omnino pellucido, laeviasiraa, nitida, vitrca, cylindriformi ; anfractibus ad G j, apioo pcrobtuso, cajteris fero » Ann. & Mag. N'at. Hist. ser. 8, vol. i. pp. 129-130 (Feb. 1008). Ann. cO Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. iv. 35
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