164 CYCLOPnoRiD^. 



" Operculum horny, of 8 close-wound whorls; origin central. 

 "Largest: major diam. 8-3, diam. ap. 4, alt. axis 16"75 mm. 

 Smallest: „ „ 5, „ 3-8, ,, ,, 13-2 mm." 



(Godwin- Austen.) 

 Hah. India: Brahmakliund, Assam (Or/?^) ; INJiri Hills (Ze^t^is). 



236. Rhaphaulus blanfordi, Benson. 



Streptcndus blanfordi, Benson, A.M. N. H. ser. 2, xix, 18o7, 



p. 201 ; Pfeift'er, Mon. Pneum. Suppl. 1, 1858, p. 92; Theobald, 



J. A. S. B. xxvii, 1858, p. 322; Pfeiffer, Novit. Conch. 



ser. 1, ii, 1860, p. 139, pi. 37, tigs. 1-3; Hanley & Theobald, 



Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 133, figs. 5, 6 ; Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. 



India, 1876, p. 40 ; Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xlv, 1870. pait2, 



p. 179, pi. 8 A, tig. 2 ; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 302 ; Kobelt, 



Das Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, p. 277, tig. 61. 

 Raphaulns blanfordi (Stejihauhis), Sowerbv, Thes. Conch, iii, 



1866, pi. 264, tigs. 8, 9 ; tig. 2 (var.). 

 Ilha2)haulus blanfordi. Reeve, Conch. Icon, xx, Pupinidte, 1876, 



pi. 10, tig. 97 ; Gfodwin-Austen, Laud & Freshw. Moll. India, i, 



188(5, p. 202, pi. 47, tig. 4; Smitli, Proc. ^Ealac. Soc. London, iii, 



1898, p. 19. 

 lihaphaidus (Streptaulus) blanfordi, Kobelt & Mollendorff, Nachr. 



Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 142; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, 



p. 38. 

 Helix calpis, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, iii, 1859, p. 268 ; Pfeiffer, 



Malak. Bliitt. vi, 1860, p. 20: id., Mon. Ilelic. v, 1868, p. 64; 



Hanlev & Theobald, Couch. Ind. 1870, pi. 10, tig. 8 ; Blanford, 



J.A. S.B. xlix, 1880, p. 211. 

 Macrochlamys cr//;;?'s, Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 19. 

 Nanina (Microcystis) calpis, jSevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 38. 

 Patula [Fyramidula) calpis, Pfeitier & Clessin. Nomencl. Helic. 



1881, p. 86. 



Original descriittion x — "Testa umbilicata, oblonga, polita, 

 regulai'iter oblique striata, striis prope suturam submargiiiatam 

 fortioribus, lineis nonnullis spiralibus decussatis, fusco-corneo, 

 translucente ; apice obtusiusciilo ; anfractibiis 5 convexiusculis, 

 penultimo ventricosiori ; apertura magna, subcirculari ; peristoniate 

 simplici, reflexo, subrevoluto ; marginibus callo parietal! tenui 

 junctis ; tubuli .suturalis parte externa longa, pone junctionem 

 labri breviter arcuatini elevafa ; snturam subtus exhibente; 

 umbilioo impervio. 



"Long. Ik, diam. .5 mill. Long, apert. (peristomate incluso) 

 4 mill." (Benson.) 



Hah. Sikkim : \)-Av]Qii\mp;,{H . Blanford, Mainwaring). Assam: 

 Dafla Hills (Blanford) ; %Vd\\m^k\m6. {Godwin- Austen); Harmutti. 

 Tanir Kidge, and Dikrang Valley (Godwin- Austen) . 



Godwin-Austen states that the true typical form ranges from 

 1000 to 4000 ft. in tliese hills. 



The shell described as Heli-v caljnx by Benson — sent to him by 

 Blanford — proved to be an immature specimen of Rliaplianhis 

 blanfordi according to a note by the latter in 1880 *. 



* J. A. S.B. xlix. 1880, p. 211. 



