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gi'owth is plain. Spire depressedly conoid, apex subacute; suture 

 shallow; whorls 5, rounded; apertvire subvertical, large, circular, 

 grey wilhiu ; ])eristome not much thickened, scarcely reflected, 

 bright orange-red. 



"Major diam, 45, niiii. 30; alt. axis '21 mm." 



Ilab. India: ivhonoinaand ivig\\ema,Naga Hills, 5000-6000 feet 

 (Doherti/) ; Maekokcluing, JVaga Hills, Assam {Mxispratt). 



" The form of this species is only similar to C. Pem'soni, but the 

 red of the lip is more intense than in shells from the typical 

 locality; its very smooth surface also distinguishes it." {^Godwin- 

 Austen J|- Beddome.) 



The species is now figured for the first time from a specimen in 

 the British Museum; it measures, major diam. 43, min. 35; 

 alt. (cum perisr.) 34 mm. 



75. Cyclophorus nilagiricus, Benson. 



Cifclostoma nila(jiricum, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, x, 1852, p. 268. 



Cyclophorus nilagiricus, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xiv, 1854, 

 p. 415; PfeiHer, Malak. Blatt. i, 1854, p. 83; id.. Men. Pneum. 

 Suppl. 1, 1858, p. 52; Reeve, Conch. Icon, xiii, 1861, Ci/clo- 

 phorus, pi. 2, fig. 6 ; Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, 

 pi. 1, fig. 5, 1876, p. XV ; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 269 

 (+ var. minor). 



Cyclophorus niliyiricus, Theobald, J. A. S. B. xlv, 1876, pai't 2, 

 p. 185. 



Cyclophorus 7iih/iricus, Theohald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 36. 



Cyclophorus (Litostylus) jiilagiricus, Kobelt & MiJllendorff, Nachr. 

 Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 105 : id.. Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 17 : 

 Kobelt, Das Tierreioh, Lief. 16, 1902, p. 101 ; id., Couch.-Cab., 

 Cyclopboridae, i, 1908, p. 656, pi. 95, tigs. 1-6. 



Cyclostonia [Cyclophorus) pirrieanum, Pfeiffer, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 51. 



Cyclophorus pirrieunus, Pfeiffer, 3Ialak. i^liitt. i, 1854, p. 85 ; Benson, 

 A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xiv, 1854, p. 415 ; Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 

 1855, p. 280 ; Pfeifler, Mou. Pneum. Suppl. I, 1858, p. 53. 



Origitud description: — " Tesfa umbilicata, depresso-turbinata, 

 solida, liris spiralibus 8-9 majoribiis, quibusdara parvis obsoletis 

 inicquidistantibus interjectis munita, castanea, ad periphaeriam 

 albido-articulata, infra fascia latissima saturatiore, superne strigis 

 radiatis angustis undatis albidis frequentioribus, subtus rarioribus 

 ornata ; spira ad apicem exsertiuscula, obtusata ; anfi-actibus 5, 

 convexiusculis, ultimo ad periphferiam subfuniculato-carinato, 

 superne aiigulato, circa suturam late planato, subtus circa periom- 

 phalum excavatum Isevigatum compresso, umbilico mediocri pro- 

 fundo, subcylindrico : apertura obliqua, pyriformi-rotundata, 

 aurantiaca, fauce casrulescente, peristomate expanso, incrassato, 

 reflexiusculo, aurantiaco, breviter adnato, prope umbilicum leviter 

 sinuato, superne angulafo, producto, intus suloo intrante impresso. 

 "Diam. major 43-45, minor 34-36, axis 22-24 mill." 

 Hah. India : Nilgiris (Jerdon, Bhinford, Beddome) ; Travancore 

 (BourdiUon); Walaghat, Koondah liWis (Firrie); ISouth Canara, 

 Balarangam {Beddome^. 



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