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This was among some unnamed Alycsei from Cherra Poonjee 

 and Teria Ghat, kindly sent to me by Mr. John Ponsonby. I have 

 nothing like it in my own collection from those places and I have 

 reason to think the locality correct. It has several well-marked 

 characters. 



Altc^us ptjsillus, G.-A. (Plate CXLIII. figs. 6, 6 o, 6 6.) 



Godwin-Austen, J.A. S. B. vol. xl. pt. 2 (1871), p. 89, pi. iii. 

 fig. 3. 



Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, p. 42, pi. ciii. figs. 7-10. 

 Theobald, Cat. Supp. 1876, p. 40. 

 G. Nevill, Hand-list, i. 1878, p. 290. 



Original descrijition : — " Shell depressedly turbinate, moderately 

 umbilicated, thin, translucent, vitreous, pale horny, smooth, rarely 

 showing any signs of eostulation ; the sculpture when present is 

 very fine and distant ; closely and regularly ribbed on the expansion 

 of the last whorl, also within the umbilicus. Spire depressedly 

 conoid, apex blunt, suture moderately impressed, whorls 3|, the 

 last scarcely swollen. Constriction very slight, smooth, sutural 

 tube very short and thick ; aperture oblique, round, peristome 

 double, inner continuous, both lips expanded. Operculum thin, 

 horny, transparent, multi-spiral, slightly concave and without 

 central boss at back. 



"Major diam. 0'09", minor diam. 0*075"; alt. 0-055"; diam. 

 of aperture 0'035" ; sutural tube 0-012". 



" Habitat. This shell was first found by me near Jawai, it is an 

 abundant form in some localities, especially on the banks of the 

 Kopili river on the road from Jawai to Asalii, via Sufai. 



" The species is very similar to A. hamilis, described by Mr. W. 

 T. Blanford from Akouktoung, Burma, but this last is a larger, 

 thicker shell, and the outer lip is reflected near the umbilicus 

 which is not so open, as in the new shell above described." " On a 

 comparison of the Alycaei in Mr. W. T. Blanford's collection, and 

 those obtained by me, A. Immilis also turned up (vide A. nongtung- 

 ensis) ; I had previously noted the shell as differing from A. jnisiUus." 



" A. hiimilis is common at Nongtiing in the Jaintia Hills ; it has 

 also been found in the W. Khasi Hills, and as far east as the Jhiri 

 river on the border of Munipur ; in this last locality the form is 

 again slightly different with a shorter constriction, and ai^proaohes 

 A. conicus, n. sjj." 



In a paper by Theobald and Stoliczka, this species is said to 

 occur at Nattoung in the Mendon district, Pegu. I have seen an 

 example from this locality, kindly sent me by Mr. N. Annandale ; it is 

 noted in Nevill's Hand-list at the top of p. 291 " ? distinct species," 

 this I consider it to be, having compared it with the type of 

 A. pusiUus, and I propose to name it A. nattongensis. 



From Teria Ghat I have a single example of a shell closely 

 allied to this species, and were there more I would figure it, 

 because it differs in two characters — the general form and distant 



