48 CYCLOrHORlD.li:. 



" T. uinbilicata, turbinato-depressn, solida, superne costis spiral- 

 ibus, obtuse elevatis, subconfertis nuiuita, pallide falvida, castaiieo 

 marmorata ; spira brevis, subacumiiiata ; anfr. 5 con\exi, ultimus 

 latus, medio fascia pallida, infra peripheriam fascia lata iiigricaute, 

 albido conspersa, oroatus, basi convexa albidus ; umbilicus medio- 

 cris, pervius ; apertura parum obliqua, subcircularis, superne 

 obsolete aiigulata, intus aurautiaca ; perist. duplex ; internum 

 continuum, rectum, subincrassatum, igneum, externum reflexum, 

 pallidius. — Operc. normale. — Diam. maj. 34, min. 28, alt. 20 mill. 

 Ap. intus 14 mill, longa." {Ffeiffer.) 



Hah. India: Behar, Sylhet(jBe«soH); Ce'^\on {Anderson, Lay ard)\ 

 Point de Galle {Vega Exp.). 



70. Cyclophorus jerdoni, Benson. 



Cijclostoma jerdoni, Beuson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, viii, 1851, p. 185; 

 Pfeiffer, Conch. -Cab., Cyclostomaceen, 1854, p. 382, pi. 50, figs. 1-3. 



Ct/clop/wrusJerdotiijFfeifiei', Zeits. Malak. viii, 1851, p. 140; Cat. 

 Phaueropn. Brit. Mus. 1852, p. 48 ; id., Men. Pneum. 1852, 

 p. 71; Benson, A. M. N.H. ser. 2, xiv, 1854, p. 415; Adams, 

 Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 1855, p. 280; Keeve, Conch. Icon, xiii, 1861, 

 Cyclopho)-us, pi. 5, fig. 20; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxv, part 2, 

 1866, pp. 38 & 40; Hanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. 33, 

 tigs, o, 6 ; Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. Ind. 1876, p. 36. 



Cyclophorus polynema, var. 'erdoni, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, 

 p. 272. 



Cyclophorus (Litostylus) jerdorii, Ivobelt & MoUendortt", Nachr. 

 Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 105; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, 

 p. 17 ; Kobelt, Das Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, p. 99. 



Original description: — "Testa umbilicata, depresso-turbiuata, 

 supra lineis elevatis spiralibus confertissimis corrugatis, strias 

 obliquas decussantibus, subtus striis decussatis levioribus munita, 

 albida, flnmmis fulguratis castaueis superne, et usque ad dimidium 

 basis picta, fascia pallida mediana, Hannnulis attenuatis articulata, 

 cincta ; spira depressa, apice prominula. sutura distincta ; anfrac- 

 tibus 5 couvexis, ultimo prope suturam depresso-planulato, 

 peripha3ria subangulata ; apertura vix obliqua, subcirculari, ad 

 apicem angulata, peristomate expansiusculo, mcrassato, albido, ad 

 umbilicum subrellexo ; margiuibus callo crasso junctis, umbilico 

 mediocri, profundo, pervio, anfractus 2 exhibente. 



" Diam. maj. 35, min. 2S, axis 20 mill." {Benson.) 



Bab. India : Nilgiris {Jerdon) ; Balarangam {Beddome) ; Ana- 

 mullays {Blanford). 



" Distinguisbed by its peculiar scu^lpture, more depressed form, 

 rather wider umbilicus, and less expanded and less reflected peri- 

 stome, from the white-lipped shell figured by Sowerby, PL Supp. 

 no. 31 B, f. 321, as C. indicum, Uesbayes, and by Pfeiffer, as 

 C. ceylaniciim, Sowerby, wbo subsequently suppressed his MS. 

 name. It is also less darklj^ coloured than that species, and the 

 whitish ground forms a greater proportion in the markings. The 



