252 CXCLUl'ilOlilDM. 



distinguishable by its flat spire, besides other characters of sculp- 

 ture, etc. The ridge on the constriction A. footei. lies back on 

 the to}) of the whorl, and meets the peristome at the base of 

 the right margin : in the other tuo species the ridge is more at 

 the side, and meets tlie peristome at the bottom."' {Blanfonl.) 



Godwin-Austen publishes one of Elaiiford's numerous and 

 valuable field-notes to the following effect : — • 



'■'' Alycce us footei froui the Wynaad only differs from the Shevroy 

 type in the spire being a little higher and the constricted portion 

 of the last whorl between the swollen part and the mouth rather 

 longer. The ridge on the constriction is reverted. Diam. 5 x 4:|, 

 axis 3." 



He also finds in the Blanford collection a variety of A. footei 

 from the Xadur District, Mysore, having the ridges across the 

 constriction high and narrow^ not reverted, v^'hile in the same 

 collection five specimens from Tinevelly the same ridge is very 

 low and inconspicuous. 



372. Alycseus gemma, Godwin- Austen. 



Alycmus qenima, Godwin-Austen, Lund & Fresliw. Moll. India, ii, 

 1914, p. 355, pi. 149, figs. 6, 6 a. 



Original description :— " .Shell umbilicated, depressedly conoid ; 

 sculpture : none on the upper whorls, a few indistinct, fine, costate 

 ribs at suture ; colour white ; spire low, conoid, apex blunt ; 

 suture moderately impressed, the sutural tube short; whorls 4, 

 well rounded, the constricted area is crossed by two ridges, the 

 posterior broad, the anterior narrow and more conspicuous ; aper- 

 ture circular, angulate on upper margin ; peristome double, angu- 

 late on lower njargin, the outer very slightly reflected. 



"One specimen oiAj differs in being more solid, and has 

 distant costulation on half of the 1st whorl. 



"Major diam. 2*8; alt. axis 1-4 mm." 



Hab. India: No. 7 Camp, Dikrang Valley, Dafla Hills {Godivin- 

 Austen). 



" Only three specimens were found. The form recalls that of 

 A. yemmula, Bs., of Uarjiling, but has distinctive characters by 

 which it may be readily hnown." {Godivin-Austen.) 



373. Alycseus gemmula, Benson. 



Alycceus (/eminula, Benson, A. M. N. H. .ser. 3, ill, 1859, p. 179 ; 

 iPfeiffer, Men. Pneimi. Suppl. 2, 1865, p. 52 ; Hauley & Theobald, 

 Conch, lud. 1874, pi. 93, fig. 7 ; Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 

 1876, p. 39 ; 8owerby, in lieeve, Ooucli. Icon, xx, 1877, Ali/cceus, 

 pi. 5, tig. 37; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 294; Godwin- 

 Austen, Land & Freshw. Moll. India, i, 1886, p. 190, pi. 48, 

 tigs. 4-4 c ; ii, 1914, pp. 340, 356. 



Alycaetis (Charax) (/etnimda, Kobelt .fc MoUendorff, Nachr. Deuts. 

 JNlalak. Ges. xxx,"l898, p. 129; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 49. 



Ali/caeus {Dicharux) yevimula, Kobelt, Das Tierreich. Lief. 16, 

 ■]902,p. 371. 



