432 LAND AND FRESHWATEK 



11. Southern India. 



footei, W. Blf. 

 fooiei, viir. 

 e.Tpatriatu^, W. Blf. 



Alycjbus rooTEi, W. Elf. 



Blanford, Jour. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18o] , p. 348, pi. i. fig. 3 ; Pfr. 

 Mon. Pneum. iii. p. 53 ; Hanley & Tlieob. Conch. Ind. p. xiv, not 

 figured; Theobald, Cat. Supp. 187(5, p. 30; Nevill, Hand-list, i. 

 1878, p. 295: 3 Wynaad, 1 var. S. dxudira. {Col. Beddome). 



Original descri])tion : — " Testa aferte umhilicata, depressa, soUda, 

 ad anfractos internos striata, ad idtimum costulato- striata, ad 

 sj:)atiiiniivjiatum crehre costidata; spira vix elevata, apice ohtusida; 

 sutura pai'uvi impressa. Anfr. 4 convexi ; ultvmus ad latus 

 medAocriter yibhosus,deinde co')tstricius, prope aperturain descendens; 

 spatiu.ni constrictum longum, medio timiidain, striatum, costam 

 validem retro recambeutem ; peristomatis onarginem dextrum ad 

 basin attingentem, gerens ; tubidi(,s suturalis juxta coiistrictionem 

 oriens viediocris, -I peripherioi suba;quans. Apertitra 2Jerobliqi(a, 

 circidaris, nudata ; perist. duplex; interna breviter j^^^''^'^^^^, 

 continuo ; exierno late exjmnso. Operc. ? 



" Diam. maj. (5, min. 4.4, alt. 3, ap. diam. 1| mm. ; vel diam. maj. 

 0-24, min. 0-18, alt. U-12,'ap. diam. U-07 unc. 



"Habitat in montibus Jvolamulliis dictis : teste W. King. 



"This shell is nearly allied to A. exp)alriatus, Blant'., of the 

 Nilgiria, but is distinguished principally by the possession of a 

 recurved ridge upon the constriction, somewhat similar to that in 

 A. Jiebes, Bens., and A. geminida, Bens. Other ditferences are the 

 flatter suture and more oblique mouth, caused by the greater 

 descent of the last whorl in A. footei, while the swelling at the side 

 of the last whorl is somewhat greater, and the constriction more 

 marked. 



" From A. Jiehes and A. gemimda, the present species is easily 

 distinguishable by its flat spire, besides other charactei's of 

 sculpture, &c. The ridge on the constriction in A. footei lies back 

 on the top of the whorl, and meets the [)eristome at the base of the 

 right margin ; in the other two species the ridge is more at the 

 side, and meets the peristome at the bottom. 



" All the specimens are somewhat weathered. 



" A variety of A. expatriaius, Blanf., was also obtained by 

 Mr. King from the Shevroys, a group of hills about 40 miles N. of 

 the KolamuUics. It differs from the JS^ilgiri form in size, measuring 

 in its two diameters Og and 4| mm., instead of 4| x 3|. It is 

 curious thus to And the same species on two hill-groups separated 

 from each other by at least lUO miles, while a distinct species 

 occurs on a third small tableland but 3U miles from one of the 

 others." 



Typical A. footei from the Kolamullies is in the Blanford Collection 



