396 LAND AND FEES [1 WATER 



Habitat. Hills at head of the Lanier River, JS'aga Hills, about 

 5-6000 feet,*rare. 



A close ally of A. Masiacus, mihi, but a much smaller shell ; the 

 raan}^ ridged area near constriction, however, is a wide dej)arture 

 from that form. A large var. of A. Jchasiacus occurred at Gazi- 

 phima and, as an instance of local variability in this genus, a few 

 of the specimens have a slight tendency to a fimbriated peristome 

 as in A. crenatus, mihi. 



ALYCiETjs MiTSPEATTi, u. sp. Beddoms MS. (Plate CXLVIII. 

 fig. 1.) 



ZocrtZi^V Eastern Naga. Type figured. No. 273. 12.iv.l6 Eedd. 

 Coll. KM. {Musjrratt). 



Shell depresscdly conoid, openly umbilicated ; sculpture smooth 

 on first two whorls, then very strong, regular, somewhat close 

 costulation, gradually more distant up to the end of the sutural 

 tube where it suddenly becomes much fiuer, as far as the base of 

 the tube, next which costae are stronger, very fine striae cross 

 the inflated portion behind the peristome ; colour stony white ; 

 spire low, apex blunt; suture impressed, the sutural tube long; 

 whorls 4, somewhat flattened, last rounded and SAvoUen next 

 the sutural tube, then sharply constricted, and swelling into a 

 well marked ridge, ending in a slight depression behind the lip ; 

 aperture irregularly oval horizontally ; peristome viewed on side 

 very thick, broad, expanded forward, sinuate, of many layers, in 

 front crenulated, a strong notch at the sutural margin, 4 shallower 

 on the outer and lower, columellar margin curving downwards ; 

 operculum burnt sienna, of many whorls ; suture well seen. 



Size : maj. diam. 4*2 ; alt. axis 2*0 mm. 



This very beautiful species had been named by Colonel Beddome 

 but there was no description with it, and I cannot find that he 

 ever published one ; Mr. G. K. Gude kindly assisted me to find it. 

 A very large number of examples were in the collection, so it must 

 be extremely abundant wherever Mr. Muspratt, of the Assam 

 Police, discovered it. 



Altc^tjs nagaensts, G.-A. (Plate CXLIII. figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b.) 

 No. 2615 B.M. Type. 



Alycceus ingrami, var. nagaensis, Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. 

 xl. pt. 2, 1871, pi. v. figs. 2, 2 a, 2 6 ; G. Nevill, Hand-list, p. 292 ; 

 Theobald, Cat. Supp. p. 40 ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xliii. pt. 2, 

 1874, p. 150. 



Original descriiition : — " Shell depressedly globose, openly um- 

 bilicated, thick, slightly translucent, white, generally covered with 

 a thin muddy coating, finely and sharply costulated throughout. 

 Spire depressedly conoid, apex blunt, suture impressed; whorls 4, 

 rounded, the last much swollen ; constriction close to the base of 

 sutural tube, slightly swelling again towards the mouth, quite 

 smooth: sutural tube very long and thin. Aperture oblique, 



