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the Doctor, to ■whom I had telegraphed, and he opened the place in a scien- 

 tific manner and allowed it to bleed freely for some time. The swelling of 

 the arm set in almost immediately after the bite, and with corresponding 

 pain running up to the armpit. Bleeding, with downward rubbing, reduced 

 this and gave great relief . 



On reaching the bungalow shortly afterwards, I at once lay down and then 

 commenced a long and very trying vomiting of large quantities of blood, which 

 lasted, with intervals of about two hours until 3 a.m. the next morning, keep- 

 ing me awake all night with accompanying fever. This was stopped by 

 injecting ergotine hypodermically in the right arm, and from that time, 

 although I experienced one more vomit (without blood), I began to recover 

 and was able to sit up next day and carry on office work, although feeling 

 very weak from the effect of the vomiting. During the time I was pros- 

 trate ammonia and other drugs were administered by the Doctor with more 

 or less effect. 



R. H, HEATE, A.M.I.C.E. 



RuTLAM State, 2Uh Sept., 1899. 



The specimen above referred to was duly received and turned out to be an undoubted 

 Phoorsa {Echis carinata). 



H. M. PHIPSOX, Hon. '^ec. 



No. XXX.— THE BOMBAY LAND MOLLUSC A. 



I have to add to the list of Bombay Land Mollusca, published in the 

 Society's Journal, Vol. XI, page 131, a shell by name Stenogyra octona (Chem- 

 nitz). This is a shell of somewhat the same character as S. gracilis (Hutton) 

 described in that paper, but is larger (nearly an inch in length), and more 

 cylindrical in shape and more blunted at the apex. It can also be distinguished 

 from S. graciliff by the absence of an umbilicus. 



Mr. Fulton of Kew, to whom I sent the shell for identification, says it 

 is a very widespread species. There are specimens from Ceylon in the 

 Society's collection. 



Neither Mr. Phipson nor myself have ever collected it here till this season, 

 when we both obtained it in some quantities. The specimens 1 found were 

 nearly all in flower pots and on a peculiar sort of garden mould. 



la it possible that it has only recently been introduced with some plant or 

 with some sort of mould from elsewhere ? Such methods of dispersal of 

 land shells are well known. 



A. J. PEILE, Capt., R.A. 



Bombay, 27th Sept., 1899. 



No. XXXI.— AN OVOVIVIPAROUS SNAIL. 



The following note of an ovoviviparous pulmonate Mollusc may be of 

 interest, as it raises some curious questions. This snail is a Glessula from 

 Mahableshwar, which I could not identify in the British Museum, but which 

 may be 6r. arthuri, Benson. 

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