xiciDA. 295 



450. Nicida prestoni, Sijl-es. 



Diplormnatim {Nicida) prestoni, Sykes, Proc. Malac. Soc. ii, 1897, 



p. 287, pi. 1(5, tig. 14. 

 Nicida prestoni, Kobelt & MiiUendorff, Nachr. Dents. Malak. Ges. 



XXX, 1898, p. 130; id.. Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 50; Kobelt, Das 



Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, p. 385. 



Original description'. — "Testa dextrorsa, vix rimata, eloiigato- 

 ovata, glabra, hvalina. nitidula; spira coiioidea, apice obtusula ; 

 suturaiinpressa; anfr. 5|-6, convexi, primi regulariter crescentes, 

 ultimus angustior quam antepeiiultiiTius, regione umbilicari 

 impressa, basi subcarinata ; apertura ovato-circularis, fere ovalis, 

 periston; ate incrassatulo, bruimeo. 



" Alt. 3-5, lat. 1-8 mm." 



Hab. Ceylou: Uda Pussellawa (Preston). 



"A handsome little hyaline species, with a browu peristome. 

 It may be readily separated from I), pedronis, its nearest ally, by 

 its greater size and its difference in colour and shape. Traces of 

 spiral sculpture may be seen on the last whorls." (Syli-es.) 



451. Nicida puliieyana, Bl an ford. 



Bipiomntatina {Nicida) pulnei/ana, Blauford, Journ. Conchyl. xvi, 

 1868. p. 3.33, pi. 14, fig. 2; Pt'eiffer, Mon. Pneum. Suppl. 3, 1875,^ 

 p. 88; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 288, + var. (? distinct sp.). 



Diplommatinn pulneyana, Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1876, 

 pi. 141, tig. 3. 



Nicida ^Kilneijana, Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 18/6. p. 4:5. 



Nicida pnlnei/ana, Kobelt & MoUendorff, Nachr. Deuts. Malak. (4es. 

 XXX, 1898, p. 130; id.. Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 50; Kobelt, Das 

 Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, p. 385. 



Original description : — " Testa brevissime rimata, subperforata, 

 elongato-ovata, tenuis, pallide cornea, nitidula, glabra, sub lente 

 minutissime striis obliquis, aliisque subobsoletis spiralibus 

 decussata. Spira lateribus convexis, apice perobtuso, sutura 

 profunda. Anfr. 6 valde convexi, ultimus et penultimus subaequales, 

 ille non ascendeiis, ad basin rotundatus. Apertura obliqua, fere 

 diagoualis, circularis ; peristoma vix incrassatum, simplex, rectum, 

 breviter aduatum. 



"Long, vix 2^, diam. 1. Ap. diam. ^ mill." {Blanford.) 



Hah. India : Pulney Hills, TOGO ft. (Fairhanl-). 



This species is stated to difier from N. Jcingiana by its less ovate 

 form, more convex whorls, deeper suture, oblique aperture, and 

 the ascending last whorl. The latter characters and the abseiice 

 of basal carination separate it from N. nilgirica. 



452. Nicida subovata, Beddome. 



Diplommutina {Nicida) subovata, Beddome, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1875, 

 p. 443, pi. 52, tig. 7 ; Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 288. 



Diplommatinn stdwrata, Hanley & Theobald. Conch. Ind. 1876, 

 p. xii; Pfeitier, Mon. Pneum. Suppl. 3, 1876, p. 396. 



