■ 96 Mr. W. H. Benson o?i new Terrestrial Shells from Ceylon. 



senting a closed umbilicus and black apex, contained iu his 

 * Rambles in the Island/ leave little room for doubting that this 

 is the species found by Mr. C. V. Layard in the Curuwitty Pass, 

 with another scarcer species which 1 have not yet seen. 



Bulimus fuscoventrisy nobis, n. s. 



Testa anguste rimato-perforata, ovato-conica, tenui, irregularitcr 

 punctieulata 1 striatula, albida, nitidula, fasciis tribus rufo-castaneis 

 evaueseeiitibus, basali latissima, picta ; spira conica, apice obtuso, 

 sutura irnpressa; aiifractibus 5 convexiusculis, ultimo | testae 

 sequante, ventricosiusculo ; apertura obhqua, ovata ; peristomate 

 tenui, undique breviter expanse, marginibus remotis callo tenui 

 rufo-castaneo junctis, columellaii rimam obtegente, intus calloso 

 ascendente. 



Long. 2.5, diam. 13, apert. 121onga, 9| mill. lata. 



TIab. in Insula Ceylon. Teste F. Layard. 



This shell is not in good condition, and the surface and colour 

 may be somewhat different in perfect specimens. It has some 

 affinity to Bulimus Bontia, but the last whorl is less ventricose, 

 and the spire and aperture narrower. 



Bulimus rufopictuSj nobis, n.s. f/^H^^'^P' '^^^ 



Testa anguste perforata, ovato-pyramidata, oblique striatula, albida, 

 strigis rufis interruptis fulguratis, fasciisque tribus saturatioribus, 

 mediana basalique angustis, submediana latiori, picta ; spira elon- 

 gato-conica, apice obtuso, sutura irnpressa; anfractibus .5 convexi- 

 usculis, ultimo f testae vix aequante, basi convexa ; apertura ob- 

 liqua, rotundato-ovali ; peristomate tenui, acuto, expansiusculo, 

 marginibus remotiusculis callo tenui junctis, columellari superne 

 latiori, perforationem obtegente, dextro valde arcuato. 



Long. 20, diam. 11|^, apert. 9 longa, 7^ mill. lata. 



Hab. in Insula Cejdon. Teste F. Layard. 



Achatina parabilis, nobis, n.s. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, solidiuscula, nitida, rugose striata, striis minu- 

 tissimis obsoletis spiralibus decussata, sub epidermide luteo-cornea 

 albida ; spira elongato-conica, apice obtuso, sutura leviter irnpressa, 

 subcrenulata ;. anfractibus 6, subplanulatis, ultimo convexiusculo, 

 ^ testae vix aequante ; apertura triangulari semiovata, intus albida ; 

 peristomate leviter inflexo, marginibus callo tenui junctis, dextrq 

 siuuato, obtusiusculo, colurnellari perarcuato, oblique valde trun- 

 cato. 



Long. 20, diam. 10, long, apert. 9, lat. o mill. 



Hab. in Insula Ceylon. Teste F. Layard. 



Helix Galerv^, nobis, n. s. 



Testa umbilicata, subconoideo-depressa, lenticulari, pallide cornea, 

 confertissime oblique striata, striis spiralibus exiguis decussata ; 

 spira depresse conoidea, sutura irnpressa, apice obtusiusculo ; an- 



