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testae ajquante, vix ascendente ; apertura ovata, tridentata, peri- 

 stomate expanse, acuto, marginibus conniventibus, eolumellari di- 

 latato, albido, plica parietali 1, eolumellari 1, profundiusculis, dente 

 palatali I, depresso, obtuso. 



Long. 4, diam. \\ mill. 



Hab. ad promontorium "Pedro" dictum. 



Found by Mr. E. Layard in old posts, and on Palmyra trees 

 {Borassus fiabelliformis). 



15. Pupa Mimula, nobis. 



Testa rimata, ovato-oblonga, subcylindracea, oblique tenuiter plica- 

 tula, pallide cornea, apice obtuso, sutura profundiuscula ; anfrac- 

 tibus 5, convexis, ultimo vix ascendente ; apertura ovata, verticali, 

 .5-plicata, peristomate tenui, expanso, marginibus callo tenui ex- 

 panse junctis, plica 1 iutrante, majuscula, parietali, 1 eolumellari, 

 1 basali profunda, 2 palatalibus profundis. 



Long. 2, diam. 1 mill. 



Hab. in vitibus ad Promontorium Pedronis. 



A minute species nearly allied to, and somewhat larger than 

 the Himalayan P. Huttoniana, nobis. It was taken in abundance 

 by Mr. Layard. 



16. Cataulus Atistenianus, nobis. 



Testa subperforata, ovato-pyramidata, solidiuscula, eleganter oblique 

 costulato-striata, sericea, diaphana, saturate rubro-castanea, spira 

 turrita, sutura impressa, apice acutiusculo ; anfractibus 8, convexi- 

 usculis, ultimo antice subascendente, carina basali, compressa, 

 prominente, subfuniculata, antice non dilatata ; apertura subcir- 

 cvdari, obliqua, sursum spectante, peristomate duplici, incrassato, 

 saturate fusco-aurantiaco, interno continuo, breviter adnato, externo 

 fornicatim patente reflexo, superne et ad columellam subauriculato- 

 dilatato, canali basali aperto, intus vix strictiore, ad sinistram per- 

 forate : operculo spiraliter laminate, anfractus multes appressos 

 reconditos exhibente, facie exteriori anfractos plures angustos men- 

 tiente. 



Diam. 13i, alt. 25 mill. 



Hab. ad Heneratgodde in rimis saxorum. 



Allied in form and size to Cataulus pyramidatus, Pfeiffer, but 

 differs in sculpture, position of the canal, colour of aperture, &c. 

 It was taken by Mr. Edgar L. Layard in the deep fissure of a 

 limestone rock, among the vegetable mould, where it lay con- 

 cealed under the surface, with the mouth downwards, among the 

 roots of an ancient Ficus Indica. In some specimens the last 

 whorl is more swollen than in others. 



Mr. Layard has communicated the following description of the 

 animal in a letter written on the spot : — 



