254 CYCLOPHOBID^, 



375. Alycaeiis globulus, Oochvin-Austen. 



Alycmis qlohidm, Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xliii, part 2, 1874, 

 p. 147, "pi. 3, figs. 4, 4 ft, 4 Z»; Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 

 1870, p. 39 ; Nevill,Hand List, i, 1878, p. 291 ; Godwin-Austen, 

 Land & Freshw. Moll. India, ii, 1914, p. 392, pi. 144, figs. 4, A a, 

 Ab. 

 Ali/cfteus {Charax) (jlohuhis, Kobelt & Mtillendorff, Nachr. Deuts. 



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



Ah/caeus {Dichara.v) (jlobulus, Kohelt, Das Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, 



p. 371. 



Original description : — " Shell moderately umbilicated, globosely 



turbinate, white, finely costulated on the shell of the first \vhor], 



becoming gradually smooth thence to the apex ; spire conoid, apex 



flat, rounded ; whorls 4, flat, the last moderately swollen, then 



sharply constricted and again enlarged by a ridge from M'^hich 



emanate four minor longitudinal ridges on the expanded portion 



of the peristome ; constriction narrow close to the sutural tube, 



this is moderate in length and about equal to the distance of its 



base to lip ; aperture nnich expanded, oblique, round, angulate 



above, waved on the outer margin and channelled within ; the 



outer lip of peristome thin, slightly recurved ou the inner lower 



margin. Operculum black, multispiral, concave. 



"Major diam. 0-2" [5 mm.], minor 0-16" [4 mm.]; alt. 0-1" 

 [2-5 mm.]." 



Rab. India: Phunggum, a Naga village at head of Lanier 

 Valley, 5000 ft. 



" Near A. crispatus. Its larger globose form, long sutural tube, 

 and more open umbilicus mark it as distinct." {Godivin- Austen.) 



376. Alycffius liabiangensis, Godwin- Austen. 



Ali/cceus Juibiangeyisis, Godwin-Austen, Land & Freshw\ Moll. 

 India, ii, 1914, p. 374, pi. 138, figs. 2, 2 ft, 2 b. 



Oryjincd description : — Shell minute, turbinate, closely umbili- 

 cate, glassy ; sculpture confined to about 16 fine close ribs next the 

 sutural tube, the rest of shell showing very indistinct costulation ; 

 colour whitish ; spire conical ; suture impressed, the sutural tube 

 short ; whorls 4, the last constricted close to sutural tube, swelling 

 towards the aperture in one broad ridge, having subsidiary undu- 

 lations ; aperture oblique, circular ; peristome: example is young, 

 and this is not continuous, it is simple, with no sign of crenation ; 

 columellar margin rounded ; operculum not present. 



" Major diam. 3 ; alt. axis 1-3 mm." 



Hah. India: Habiang Garo, ou West Khasi border {Godwin- 

 Austen). 



"This shell belongs to a group of Ah/caus, chai-acterized by 

 having a short tube and a narrow band of costulation, the rest of the 

 shell being generally smooth and n^ore or less shiny. A. Jchasiarus, 

 G.-A., is one of the largest of this type of structure; it includes 

 conicus, G.-A., diagonius, G.-A., and 2^usillus, G.-A." {Godiuin- 

 Aitsten.) 



