DIORYX. 



199 



peristomate diiplici, contiuuo, iiiteriori breviter porrecto, uitus 

 pallide aurantiaco, exteriori expanso, striatiilo, mcrassato ; uiii- 

 bilk-o intus spiraliter striate, margine coinprcissiusculo. Operculo 

 9 



"Long, o^, diam. obliq. 5 luill." 



Hah. Burma: Moubnaiu and Tenasserim Valley {Theobald). 



"The sliell occurs also of a smaller size. It approaches id 

 form the Sikkim A. urmilu, nobis, but has a more globose aspect. 

 The extreme length of the sutural tube is remarkable : it extends 

 so far round thelast whorl as to be visible from the front on both 

 sides of the shell. The aperture occupies about half the height ot 

 the specimen." {Benson.) 



Tlie specimen figured is in the British Museum. 



2S7. Dioryx feddenianus, Theobald. 



Alvcceus feddenianus, Theobald, J. A. S. B. xxxix, part 2, 1870, 

 p. 397, pi. 18, ii^^ 4; Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 18/4, 

 pi 91, fi'>-s. 1, 4 ; Pfeiffer, Mon. Piieiini. Suppl. 3, 1875, p. 66 ; 

 Theobald", Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 39 ; Sowerby, in Reeve, 

 Conch. Icon, xx, 1877, Alycceus,^^\. 2, tig. 18 ; Xevill, Hand List, 



n}ory.v feddmiana, Kobelt & jMcillendortf, Nachr. Dent=^. Mahdc. 



(^es. xxix, 1897. p. 149; id., Cat. Pneinn. 1899, p. 4o. 

 Ahiccens [Dioryx) feddenianus, Godwiu-Austen, Land & Treshw. 



Moll. India,'ii, 1914, p. 41o, pi. 153, fig. 12. ^ ^^ ^^_ ^ , , 

 Diorijx feddenianus, Kobelt, Las Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, p. o,..s. 



Oriqinal description :— " Testa globoso, subturbinata, profuiide 

 umbilicata, glabra, in ultimo aiilractu ud suturam pecuhariter 

 dephmata, deinde subangulata et infra angulum levissime con- 

 vrxiuscula seu planata et an^ustata, solida,bruiinea ; anfractibus 3^, 

 rapide crescentibus, superioribus, convexiusculis, ultimo supra 

 et prope umbilicum angulato ; tubulo suturali tenui, prope 



Fig. S2.—Dior?/.v feddoiiaims. (X 2.) 



apertiirani oriente et fere dimidium ultimi anfractus in longi- 

 tudine ajquante ; strictura brevissima, vix conspicua ; apertura 

 circulari, carneola, supra augnstissime adanata ; perist. duphci, 

 interno iutegro, tenuissimo, externo breviter expansiuscnlo et 



i-eilexo. 



" Diam. maj. -20 [5 mm.], d. min. -IG [4 mm.], alt. -K) unc 



r4 mm.]." 



ITah. Burma : Shan States {Fedden) ; Moulmain {Hun f/cr ford). 

 The specimen figured is in the British Museum. 



