ALYC.TiUS. 



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A.mdjitiUs, B., which, however, is easily distinguished by the 

 characters of its creimlated peristome, besides other peculiarities. 

 (Blanford.) 



3:39. Alycseiis macgregori, Godwin-Aifsten. 



Ahicceus inqrami, var. »rty«e?zszs (Godwin-Austen) (part.), Nevill, 



lland Li'st, i, 1878, p. 292 ; Godwin-Austeu, Land & treshw. 



Moil, ii, 1914, p. 421. ^r n t r 



Alycceiis macqregon, Godwin-Austen, Land & Fresliw. iMoll. India, 



ii. 1914, p." -m, pi. 141, tij^s. 2, 2 «, 2 h. 



Orv/hud desc rijJtion : — '' HheW openly umbilicate, globosely 



turbinate ; sculpture close, fine regular costulatiou on the swollen 



portion ot: the last whorl following the sutural tube, it contracts 



behind this and the ribbing becomes much finer and wider apart; 



c.)lour bleached; spire de^jressedly conoid, apex small; suture 



well-impressed : sutural tube moderately long ; whorls 4, the first 



from aperture to sutural tube short, plain, i. e. with no ribbnig, 



then mucli swollen and contracted again showing well on under 



sides; aperture circular, oblique ; peristome moderately thickened, 



slightly refiected, within it is feebly plicate ; columellar margin 



rounded. 



" Major diam. 7, min. 5-5 ; alt. axis 2-5 mm." 

 ffah. India : Shengorh, Dafla Hills (God win- Austen). 

 " At a hasty glance I had named this shell A. na'jaensis. On a 

 closer examination and comparison with that species it differs very 

 materially, being much more globose as regards its form, and 

 having crenulation within the aperture." {Godwin- Austen.) 



340. Alycaeus montanus, NevUl. 



Alycceus montanus, Xevill, J. A. S. B. 1, part 2, 1881, p. 149, pi 6, 



frr .5 • Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 294; Godwni-Austen, Laud be 



/reshw. Moll. India, ii. 1914, p. 341, pi. 136, tigs. 3, 3 a. 



Ali/caeus (aunnaUicaeus) monfamis, Ivobelt & Mollendorft, >>achr. 



beuts. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 151; id., Cat. Pueum. 1899, 



p. 47 ; Kobelt, Das Tierreich, Lief. 1(3, 1902, p. 359. 



Original description :—" 0\^en\\ and widely umbilicate, much 



depressed, solid, bright corneous brown, closely, evenly and 



regularly ribbed, ribs somewhat superficial, scarcely flexuous, 



close-set, for a short distance at the sutural tube more crowded 



and more strongly developed ; spire scarcely elevate, apex obtuse ; 



whorls 4, regularly evenly rounded, constriction scarcely defined, 



sutural tube short (about 1 mill.) ; aperture circular, peristome 



slightly thickened, but not double ; operculum thick, black, and 



concave- 



"Diam. 5|, alt. 3^^ ,uill." 

 Hah. India: Sikkim (11,000 ft.) (Stoliczl-a). 

 '• A very well marked form, reminding one of A. expatnatus ; 

 the depressed form, very open umbilicus, and scarcely distinguish- 

 able constriction are all good characters." {Nevill.) 



