CYATHOl'OMA. 151 



Orlrjinal description : — " Testa anguste iiiDbilieata, pyraniidata, 

 spiraliter lirata, albido-coruea, epidermide brunnea, verticaliter 

 striata, jiixta suluram plicata induta, Spira conica, apice acuto ; 

 SLitura valde impressa. Aiifr. 5 rotundati, ultimus cylindraceus, 

 subtus confertiiu liratus et sti'igis fuscis transversis signatus. 

 Apertura subverticalis, circularis, ad basin et juxta unibilicum 

 leviter sinuata; peristoma iacrassatura, subdiiplex, extus leviter 

 inaculatum. — Operculum retractuin, teuue, iutus nienibranaceuin, 

 extus subtestaueum, concavuni, aut'ractuum margiuibus vix 

 elevatis. 



"Diaiu. inaj. 2, alt. 2|-3 ; diani. apert. c. perist. 1 mill." 

 (Blanford.) 



Hah. ludia : Beypore, Malabar {Falrhanh). 



With more elevated spire tlian the other Indian species. It 

 appears to be the only one, so far, discovered away from the 

 mountain districts. 



Nevill mentions a var. }iiajor (? distinct species) collected by 

 Beddome in the Anamullays, but he gives no description. 



215. Cyathopoma sereiidibeuse, I'reslon. 



(Jyattwpowa [Jerdonia) sercudibense, Presloi), I'roc. Malac. Soc. 

 V, 190;^, p. 340, text-%. 2. 



Original description: — " JShell dextral, conoidal, moderatelj' 

 ])erforate, light brown in colour. Whorls 6, the last four spirally 

 sculptured, the spirals being crossed at right angles by transverse 

 ])lications bearing a stout bristly hair at each point of contact. 

 The earlier whorls are quite smooth. Suture impressed. Peris- 

 tome simple except where it approaclies the columella, in which 

 region it is reflexed. Aperture circular. Operculum calcareous, 

 concave, multispiral, the central nucleus being situated at the 

 bottom of a deep hollow. Alt. 3, diam. 2".3 mm." {Preston.) 



Hah. Ceylon : Lower Uda Pussellawa. 



"This species appears to be most closely allied to Cyathopoma 

 ccylanicHm, Beddome, from wliich, however, it is easily distinguished 

 by its very prominent spiral sculpture, and by its whorls being 

 much less swollen than is the case in that species." (Preston.) 



216. Cyathopoma tignarium, Benson. 



Cy(itho/)u)na {':') tiynariuni, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. o, xii, 1863, 

 p. 421). 



Cyulhopovia tiynarium, IJlanfuvd, Journ. Conchvl. xvi, 186(5, 

 p. 263, pi. 12, fig. 9; Haiilev cK: Theobald, Uoiich. Ind, 1874, 

 pi. 82, figs. 7, 10 ; Theobald, t'at. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 38. 



Cyclotus tiynarias. Pfeitier. Mon. Pneiun. Siippl. 2, 1865, p. 3o. 



Lagochediis tiynarius, Uodwin- Austen, 1*. Z. 6. 1895, p. 453. 



Cyathopoma {Jerdonia) tiynannm, Kobelt & Mullendorll', Xacbr. 

 Deuts. Malak. Ges. .xxix, 1897, p. 120 ; id., Cat. Pneum, 1899, 

 p. 32 ; Kobolt, Dns Tiorreidi, Lief. Kl 1902, ]>. 227. 



