ALTC^US. — MCI DA. 289 



437. Alycaeus muspratti, Godioin- Austen . 



Ah/caeus [OrtliaU/caeiis) muspratti (nom. nud.), Kobelt &: Mullen- 

 dorff, Xfichr. Dents. Malak. Ges. xxix, 1897, p. 150 ; id., Cat. 

 Pneiim. 1899, p. 40. 



Alycfcus muspratti (Beddome MS.), God win- Austen, Land «fc 

 Fieshw. Moll. India, ii, 1914, p. 396, pi. 148, fig. 1. 



Original description :— " Shell depressedlj conoid, openly uiubili- 

 cated ; sculpture smooth on first two whorls, then very strong, 

 regular, somewhat close costulation, gradually more distant up to 

 the end of the sutural tube where it suddenly becomes much finer, 

 as far as the base of the tube, next which eost» are stronger, very 

 fine striiB cross the inflated portion beliind the peristome ; colour 

 stony white; spire low, apex blunt; suture impressed, the sutural 

 tube long ; whorls 4, somewhat flattened, last rounded and swollen 

 next the sutural tube, then sharply constricted, and swelhng into 

 a well marked ridge, ending in a slight depression behind the lip : 

 aperture irregularly oval horizontally; peristome viewed on side 

 very thick, broad, expanded forward, sinuate, of manv layers, in front 

 crenulated, a strong notch at the sutural margin, 4 shallower on 

 the outer and lower, columellar margin curving downwards ; 

 operculum burnt sienna, of many whorls ; suture well seen. 



"Major diam. 4-2; alt. axis 2 mm." {Godwin- Av.sten.) 



Hah. India: Eastern Xaga Hills (J/i«spraY«). 



438. Alycaeus oakesi, Godwin- Austen. 



Ali/caus oakesi, Godwin-Austen, Land & Freshw. Moll. India, 

 ii, 1914, p. 3d6, pi. 157, figs. 4, 4 a. 



Original description : — " Shell very globosely conoid, somewhat 

 depressed, openly umbilicate, with a strong tendency to a ridge 

 bounding it ; sculpture: costulation distant, subdued on the apical 

 whorls, strong and coarse near base of the sutural tube, but soon 

 becoming finer; colour, all old and bleached shells; spire moder- 

 ately high, apex small ; suture impressed ; whorls 4, much swollen 

 next sutural tube, the last sharply constricted, eulargijig suddenlv 

 into a high sharp ridge across the whorl, flattened in front and 

 expanding to the aperture, wdiich is nearly circular ; peristome 

 double, the inner lip thickened, the outer less so, the shell layers 

 are seen overlapping each other when viewed from the left side. 

 "Major diam. 3; alt. axis l-'o mm."" (Godicin-Aasten.) 

 Bab. India: Clianjuk La, in Tsanspu Valley, 4300 ft., Lat. 

 29^ 25', Long. 95° 20' (Oakes). 



Subfamily DIPLOMMATIN^. 



Genus NICIDA, Blanford. 



Nieida, Blanford, Jouru. Couchyl. xvi, 18G8, p. 332 (as subL'-enus 

 of Biplommatina) ; id., J. A. S. B. xxvii, 1868, p. S'l ; I'feitt'er, 

 Men. Pueum. Suppl. 3, 1875, p. 87; Xevill, Hand List, i, 1878, 

 p. :288; Ancey, Bull. Soc. Malac. France, iv, 1887, p. 277 (genus) ; 



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