292 cYCLoPHORin-T:. 



crescentes, csetei-i subsequales, ultimas vix angustior, antice valde 

 ascendens, carina basalis raunitiis. Apertura parum obliqua, sub- 

 circularis, sinuata; peristoma obtusum, .simi)lex. 



"Long 3|-, diam. 1|, ap. diam. intus 1 mill." {Blanford.) 

 Hah. India: Pulney Hills, 5000 ft. (Fairbanl). 

 Stated to be tbe largest of all species of the genus known at the 

 time. Easily distinguished from its allies by the gi-eater number of 

 whorls, the last ascending more and thus covering a larger portion 

 of the penultimate. 



444. Nicida kingiaiia, Blanford. 



Dlplommatina Idngiann, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxx, 1861, p. -148, 

 pi. l,tiu-. 2; Hauley & Theobald, Couch. lud. 1876, pi. 141, 

 tig. 1. '' 



Arinia hinf/iana, Pfeiffer, Men. Pneum. Suppl. 2, 1865, p. 91. 



Diplommutina {Nicidu) ki)iqi(inu, Blanford, Journ. Coucbvl. xvi, 

 1868, p. 3:53 ; Xevill, Haiid List, i, 1878, p. 288. 



Nicida kintjiuna, Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 42 ; 

 Kobelt & Mollendorff, Nachr. Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxx, 1898, 

 p. 130: id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 50; Kobelt, Das Tierreich,. 

 Lief. 16, 1902, p. 384. 



Or'Kjinal description: — " Testa dextrorsa,subrimata, ovato conica, 

 glabra, tenuis cornea ; spira conica, apice obtusa, sutura impressa. 

 Aufr. bk convexi ; autepenultimus major, ultimus parum angustior, 

 antice ascendens. Apertura subverticalis, circularis, plica colu- 

 mellari nulla ; peristoma subduplex, incrassatum expansum ;, 

 internum continuum. 



"Long, vix 2. Diam. 1, aper. diam. | mm." 



Hah. India : KolamuUies, near Tricbinopoly (Kiixj). 



" Tliis little species is a near ally of I), nilgirica, Blanf ., but 

 amply distinguished, both by its smaller size and by the absence 

 of the basal keel of the Nilgiri species. The two together form a 

 well marked section of the genus, characterized by a circular 

 mouth and smooth ^vhorls.'' {Blanford.) 



445. Nicida lankaensis, Preston. 



JDijjloTnmatina (Nicida) lankaensis, Preston, Journ. Malac. xii, 

 1905, p. 9, pi. 2, %. 39, 



Ori<jinal descrij^tion: — "Shell dextral, pyramidal, somewhat 

 trans[)arent, pale horn colour; whorls 8, rather coarsely spirally 

 striate throughout, the penultimate whorl being narrower than the 

 antepenultimate; suture impressed; umbilicus broad; peristome 

 continuous, slightly reflexed, redtlish-brown, irregular ; aperture 

 subcircular. 



"Alt. 3 millim. ; diam. maj. 2. Aperture, alt. 1 millim. ; diam. 

 •75." (Preston.) ■ ■ 



Hah. Ceylon: Kinidun. . • 



