188 CYCLOPHORTU.f:. 



272. Tortulosa sykesi, Fulton. 



Catanlus sykesi, Fultoii, A. M. N. H. ser. 7, xiii, 1904, p. 453; 

 Sjkes, Jouru. Malac. xii, 1905, p. 55. 



Original descrijition :— " Shell narrowly umbilicate, subfusiforni, 

 solid, uniform light yellowish to uniform reddish-brown colour, 

 arcuately striated, the striae rather blunt aud not very conspicuous ; 

 whorls nearly 7, slightly convex; basal carina prominent, with 

 a conspicuous inner ridge ; aperture subcircular, reddish brown 

 within; peristome whitisli, very much thickened but scarcely 

 duplex, continuous ; aperture; of basal canal subcircular, situate 

 slightly to the left of tiie centre of base of peristome. 



" Maj. diam. (yellow form) 6| ; alt. 144 mm. 



,, ,, (reddish-brown form) (U ; alt. l-lmm." 



llab. Ceylon. 



Fig. 28. — Tortulosa si/kesi. 



"This form bears a general resemblance to V. ilapllcatas, Pfr., 

 but is smaller, has less whorls, and the suture of the earlier whorls 

 is not margined as in that species." (Fulton.) 



The sliell shown in the accompanying illustration is one of the 

 co-types in the British Museum. It shows the operculum in situ, 

 better than the type. 



273. Tortulosa templemani, Pfeiffer. 



Catauhis templemani (nom. mid.). Pfeiffer, Zeils. Malak. viii, 1851, 

 p. 150; id., Men. Piieum. 1852, p. 136; id., Oat. Phaneropii, 

 Brit. Mus. 1852, p. 96 ; id., Conch.-Cab.. Cyclostomaceen, 

 1854, p. 385; Sowerby, Thes. Couch, iii, 1804, pi. 264, fig. 12; 

 Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 106, tig. 1 ; Reeve, 

 Couch. Icou. XX, Pupinidae, 1876, pi. 7, fig. 62; Theobald, Cat. 

 •Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 41; Jousseaume, Meui. Soc. Zool. 

 France, vii, 1894, p. 310 ; Kobelt & Mollenduiti, Naclir. Deuts. 

 Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 143 ; Sykes, Proc. Malac. Soc. iii, 1898, 

 p. 68 ; Kobelt & Mollendorft; Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 39 ; Sykes, 

 Jouru. Malac. xii, 1905, p. 55. 



Pupina templemani, Pfeiffer, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 158; id., 

 Conch. -Cab., Cyclostomaceen, 1853, p. 236, pi. 31, Jigs. 15, 16. 



Tortulosa templetnuni, Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 18o6, p. 285. 



Cataulus templemanni, H. Nevill, Euum. Helic. Pneum. Cevlon, 

 1871, p. 5 ; G. Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 297. 



Tortulosa (Eucatanlus) teniplemnni, Kobelt, Da.s Tierreich, Lief. 16, 

 1902, p. 287. 



Original description : — " P. testa subperforata. subfusiformi- 

 oblonga, solidula, striata, parum nitida, non callosa, castanea : 



