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subvar. minor. 

 Coiif. Brot,pl.5,fig. IS, Ceylon. 



6 Ceylon ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



var. conlracta, nov. 



Brot, Conch.-Cab. II, pi. 5, figs. 19-20, as " P. siilcatus, var.," from 

 Peradenia. 



6 Ambegamraoa, Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 



var. compacta. 



" PMlopotamis compacta, n. sp.", H. Nevill, in litt. as " almost extinct." 



1 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Ksq. 



Remarkable for its small aperture. Long. 16|, diam. llf 

 mil. 



32. Paludomus [Philopotamis] regalis. 

 Paludomus regalis, Layard, Ann. and Mag. 1855, Ceylon. 



10 Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford and H. Nevill, Esqrs. 



33. Paludomus [Philopotamis] nigricans. 



Paludomus nigricans. Reeve, Icon. 1847, Ceylon, at 6,000 ft. — " anfr. lavihus 

 subangulatis." 



14 Newera EUia, Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill and P. Layard, Esqrs. 



My brother sent to Dr. Stoliczka this, the typical form, as 

 " Phil, fnisconceptus," nov., evidently considering it distinct fi"om 

 the following, in which view he may prove to be correct. 



var. SUbgranulosa, nov. [? dist. sj).]. 

 Brot, Conch.-Cab. II, 1880, pi. 6, fig. 6, Neioera EUia, as " var. B." 

 12 Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 



34. Paludomus [Philopotamis] ventricosula. 



Paludomus ventricosula, H. Nevill, Esq., Ms., Brot, Conch.-Cab. II, 1880, 

 pi. 5, fig. 3, as Philopotamis violacea, Layard. 



Both shell and operculum admirably figured as above by 

 M. Brot ; it is, as there stated, a true FhiJopotamis, whereas 



