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Original description : — " Testa perforata, subturhinata, solidala, 

 superne arcuato-plicata, striisque spiralihas eleganter granulata, isa- 

 hellina ; spira convexmsculo-conica, ohtusula ; sutura siibcanalicu- 

 lata ; anfr. 6, convexi, lente accrescentes, ultimus peripheria carina 

 acuta, compressa, antice evanescente munitus, basi convexus, Icevior ; 

 apertura diagonalis, subangulato-lunaris, intiis margaritacea ; perist. 

 simplex, obtusulum, margine columellari fere verticali, sitperne tri- 

 angulatim reflexo. 



"Diatn. maj. 20, min. 18, alt. 11| mill. {Mus. Cuming). 



" Habitat in montibus Nilagiricis Indias (Oonway SJiijilai/)." 



The animal which I refer with doubt to this species came from the 

 Xadur District, ]\lysore {Mr. W. M. Dalg). It is not fully grown, 

 but agrees with the description in the Mon. Helie. Vivent. The 

 sculpture consists of plicate transverse ridges, on which are set about 

 15 papillate eminences, forming the same number of regular spiral 

 lines. These are strongest near the periphery. This Mysore 

 specimen is not so high in the spire as shown in the figure in the 

 ' Conch. Indica.' 



Size : diam. maj. 14, min. 12 ; alt. axis 6"25 mm. 



Mr.W. T. Blanford wrote in 1866 as follows :— " N. shiplayi, Pfr., 

 inhabits the eastern base of both the Anamullays and the Nilgiris ; 

 on the latter hills I have found it at the foot of the Coonoor Ghat. 

 The animal is a Nanina, closely resembling N. indica, Pfr., and 

 N. acudncta, Bens., having a large mucous pore at the caudal ex- 

 tremity of the foot without an overhanging lobe, or with but a 

 rudimentary one. The mantle-lobes are small, and the animal in 

 all respects closely resembles that of the subgenus Ariophanta.''' 



II. indica, Pfr., no doubt should be put in Enplecta, so also 

 should H. gardneri, Pfr. 



Animal. An indistinct medial area on sole of foot ; the right 

 shell-lobe is very minute, no left shell-lobe ; left dorsal lobe in two 

 parts, similar to that of E. pra>eminens. 



Teeth of radula arranged : — 



50 . 3 . 12 . 1 . 12 . 3 . 50 

 65 . 1 . 65 



Laterals bicuspid. 



EuPLECTA BiNOYAENsis, u. sp. (Plate XCVII. figs. 1-1 (7.) 



Localitg. Anibagamuwa, Ceylon {0. Gollett). 



Shell globosely conoid, very convex below, keeled sharply with a 

 Urate edge, continued at the suture ; sculpture evenly ribbed, the 

 ribs set with minute papillae in regular spiral lines (fig. 1 a, x58), 

 smooth and shiny below, no spiral striae ; colour pale sienna-brown, 

 grey on the apex : spire depressedly conoid, apex rather blunt : 

 suture well marked ; whorls 5, increasing gi'adually ; aperture 

 broadly lunate'; peristome thin ; columellar margin scarcely reflected, 

 weak. 



Size : maj. diam. 10, min. 9'8 ; alt. axis 5*6 ram. 



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