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440. Nicida liricincta, Blanford. 



Diplommatina (Nicida) liricincta, Blanford, Jouru. Conchj'l. xvi, 



1868, p. 336, pi. 14, fig. o; PfeifFer, Mou. Pneum. Siippl. 3, 



1875, p. 87. 

 Diplommcdi/ia liricincta, Ilanlev &'Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1876, 



pi. 141, tig. 2 ; Nevill, I laud List, i, 1878, p. 288. 

 Nicida liricincta, Theobald. Cat. Shells Brit. ludia, 1876, p. 42; 



Kohelt & MiiUendorff, Xachr. Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxx, 1898, 



p. 130; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 42: Kobelt, Das Tierreich, 



T.ief. 16, 1902, p. 384. 



Original description : — " Te^ta brevissirae rimata, conoicleo- 

 ovata, tenuis, pallide cornea, glabra, nitida, spiraliter lirata. Spira 

 conoidea, lateribus convexis, apice obtuso, sutura valde impressa. 

 Anfr. bh convex!, primi 2 laevigati, tertius cariuis duabus 

 circuiudatus, penultimus majuscnlus carina tertia siibtus vix 

 apparente, ultiniiis angustior, non ascendens, liris circa 6 

 distantibus circumdatus, earum 3 basalibus interdum sed raro 

 deficientibas, basi rotundatus. Apertura parum obliqua, circularis ; 

 peristoma simplex, parum inci-assatum, expansiusculum, vix 

 interruptuni. — Operculum ])arvum, tenue, oorneuni, structura 

 spirali obsoleta. 

 . "Long. 2^, diam. \\. Ap. diam. intus ^ mill." (Blanford.) 



Hah. India : Kbandalla, Western Gbats', 2000 ft. {Fairhanl-). 



447. Nicida nilgirica, Blanford. 



Diplommatina 7iih/irica, Blanford, J. A.S. B. xxix, l'^60, p. 124; 



Hanley & Theobald. Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. l4l, fig. 4. 

 Arinia nih/irica, Pfeiti'er, Mou. Pneum. Suppl. 2, I860, p. 91. 

 Diplommatina {Nicida) nilf/irica, Blanford, Journ. Couchyl. xvi, 



1868, p. 332, pi. 14, fig. 'l ; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 288, 



+ var. minor. 

 Nicida nilc/irica, Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1876, p. 43 ; 



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



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



Lief. 16, 1902, p. 384, fig. 84. 



Original description: — "Testa dextrorsa. imperforata, subovata, 

 glabra, tenuis, nitida, cornea; spira conoidea, apice obtusa ; anfr. 

 C convexi, superne leiiiter crescentes, ultimus parum angustior, 

 antice ascendens, carina costiformi circa umbilicum mutiitus ; 

 apertura subverticalis, circularis, perist. baud dentatum, duplex ; 

 externum breviter expansum, interruptum ; internum mediocriter 

 porrectuui, continuum. Operc. corneum, subcirculare, ad suturam 

 angulatum, planum, liaud spiratnm. 



"Long. 3; diam. max. l.|, apert. diam. |, anfr. ultimi long. 

 1 mm." 



Ilah. India : Pykara, Nilgiris (Blanford). 



" This species is distingmshed from all otliers of the genus yet 

 described by the ridge around the umbilicus, \\hich is an exact 



