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" . . . . The animal is small and colourless ; tlie body very 

 short ; tlie sole undivided ; tail short and rather pointed ; tentacles 

 short, yellowish ; muzzle blunt, not elongated."' {Blanford.) 



Blanford in ISGl (/. c.) mentions a variety having been obtained 

 by Mr. King from the Shevroys, a group of hills about 30 miles 

 N. of the Kolamullies. It only differs from the Nilgiri form in size, 

 measuring in its two diameters 5| and 4| mm. instead of 4| and 3|. 



Cxodwin-Austen records two specimens from the iShevroy Hills, 

 larger than typical forms, the largest measuring 5*5 mm. major 

 diameter. Both have short sutural tubes, but the ridge crossing 

 the constriction varies in elevation throughout. He also mentions 

 specimens from tlie Auamullies, in the Beddome collection, the 

 largest of which measures 6 mm. in major diameter, while in all 

 the ridge is quite high and the sutural tube sliort. 



371. Alycseus footei, Blanford. 



Alifcceusfootei, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxx, 1861 , p. 348, pi. 1, fig. 3 ; 



PfeitFer, Mon. Pueum. Suppl. 2, I860, p. 53; Theobald, Cat. 



Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 39 ; Sowerby, in Reeve, Conch. Icon. 



XX, 1877, Alycreus, pi. 1, tigs. 35 o, 35 Z*; Nevill, Hand List, i, 



1878, p. 295; Godwin-Austen, Land L>t Ireshw. Moll. India, ii, 



1914, p. 432. 

 Alycaeus {Charax) footei, Kobelt & MiiUendorff, Nachr. Deuts. 



Malak. Ges. xxx, 1898, p. 129 ; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 49. 

 Alycaeus {Dicharax) footei, Kobelt, Das Tierreich, Lief, 16, 1902, 



p. 370. 



Original description : — " Testa aperte umbilicata, depressa, solida, 

 ad anfractos internos striata, ad ultimum costulato-striata, ad 

 spatium inflatum crebre costulata; spira vix elevata, apice obtusula ; 

 sutura parum impressa. Aufr. 4 convexi ; ultimus ad latus 

 medioeriter gibbosus, delude constrictus, prope aperturam des- 

 cendens ; spatium constrictum longum, medio tumidum, striatum, 

 costam validem retro recumbentem,peristomatis marginem dextrum 

 ad basin attingentem, gerens ; tubulus suturalis juxta constric- 

 tiouem orieus, mediocris, i peripheria? subaequans. Apertura 

 perobiiqua, circularis, undata ; perist. duplex ; interno breviter 

 porrecto, continuo ; externo late expanso. Opere. ? 



" Diam. maj. 6, min. 4^, alt. 3, ap. diam. 1| mm." 



Hah. India: Kolamullies (A'?u(/); NVynaad (/S7o/icr/rrt); Tinevelly 

 and South Canara; Kadur District, Mysore {Blanford); Yercand, 

 Shevroy Hills (Godivin-Austeu). 



" This shell is nearly allied to A. expatriatus, Blanf., of the 

 Xilgiris,but distinguished principallybythe possessionof a recurved 

 ridge upon the constriction, somewhat similar to that in A. hebes, 

 Hens. and A .(/emimila , Bens. Other differences are, the Hatter suture 

 and more oblique mouth, caused by the greater descent of the last 

 whorl in A. footei, while the swelling at the side of the last whorl 

 is somewhat greater, and the constriction more marked. 



"From A. hehes and A. r/emmvla, the present species is easily 



