184 CTCLOPHORID^. 



265. Tortulosa nevilli, Syhes. 



Cataulus nevilli, Kobelt & Mollendorff, Nachr. Dents. Malak. Ges. 

 xxix, 1897, p. 143 (nom. mirl.) ; Svkes, Proc. Malac. Soc. iii, 



1898, p. 68, pi. 5, tiff. 16 : Kobelt & Mollendorff, Cat. Pneum. 



1899, p. 39 ; Sykes, Journ. Make, xii, 1905, p. 55. 



Tortulosa {Eucataulus) nevilli, Kobelt, Das Tierreicb, Lief. 16, 1902, 

 p. 286. 



Original descrij)tion : — "Testa augusle et profunde rimata, pyra- 

 midata, solidula, eiegaiiter costulato-striata, brunuea, spira elevata, 

 apice obtusulo ; sutura impressa ; anfr. 8, couvexi, ultiinus nou 

 attennatus : carina umbilicalis valida, compressa ; periomphaluni 

 mediocre, costulato-striatum ; apertura subcircularis ; peristoma 

 rubro-castaueum, continuum, incrassatnm et valde reflexum, basi 

 productum, canali mediocri perforatum. 

 "Alt. 23*6, diam. max. 9*5 mm." (Si/kes.) 

 Hah. Ceylon: Ambepusse (CoZZe^f); Kegalla (Presf on). 

 The nearest ally is stated to be G. aiistenianus, Benson ; but the 

 present species appears to differ in being more elongate, in having 

 the whorls more convex, the lip of a different colour and 

 attached to the shell at a different angle, while the notch is more 

 vertical and not so much to the left as in C. austeniunus. 



A^ar. flaveola, Falton. 



Catatdus nevilli, Mii'.Jlaveola, Fulton, A. M. N. H. ser. 7, xiii, 1904, 

 p. 453 ; Sykes, Journ. Malac. xii, 1905, p. 55. 



"Lighter coloured and with a yellow peristome, the latter being 

 more on a plane with the spire than in typical nevilli, which is 

 generally somewhat produced forward at the basal portion. 



"Maj. diam. 11 ; alt. 25 mm." {Fulton.) 



Hah. Cej'lon. 



26(j. Tortulosa nietneri, Nevill. 



Cataulus nietneri, Nevill, J. A. S. B. sxxix, part 2, 1871, p. 7, 

 pi. 1, fig. 7; Pfeiffer, Mon. Pneum. Suppl. o, 1875, p. 142; 

 H. Nevill, Enum. Helic. Pneum. Ceylon, 1871, p. 5; Keeve, 

 Conch. Icon, xx, Pupinida;, 1876, pi. 6, fig. 48 {nieteri) ; Theobald, 

 Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 41 ; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, 

 p. 297 ; Jousseaume. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, p. 309 ; 

 Kobelt & Mollendorff, Nachr. Dents. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, 

 p. 143 : Sykes, Proc. Malac. Soc. iii, 1898, p. 68 ; Kobelt & 

 Mollendorff, Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 39; Collett, Jour». Malac. 

 vii, 1899, p. 86, text-fig. A ; Sykes, Journ. Malac. xii, 1905, 

 p. 55. 



Original descrijjtion : — " T. parva, subfusiformis, vix perforata 

 apice sub-obtusa ; supra pallide-straminea, infra virescente grisea 

 et irregulariter albido strigata ; aufractibus 6, convexiusculis 

 primis duobus vel tribus laevigatis, ceteris transversim costulato 



