DIPLOMM.VTiy.V, 30o 



remote varix ; while the incrassate coluinellar lip is reflected over 

 the rimatioii, and entirely conceals it. The last whorl ascends 

 more conspicuously in front than in J), jmchycheil us, although it 

 rises considerahlv also in that shell — a feature which 1 omitted in 

 th{! description given in the ' Annals ' for 1857. 'Die costulation 

 of D. paclnicheUns is very variahle ; in some specimens it disappears 

 ill the lower whorls, in others on the upper ones only ; occasionally 

 it pervades the whole surface." {Benson.) 



464. Diplommatina burti, God win -Austen. 



iJiplominatina hurfii, Godwin-Austen, J. A. S. B. xliv, part 2, 1875, 



p. 8, pi. 4, tig. 4 ; Pfeiifer, Mon. Pueum. Siippl. 3, 187G, p. 393 ; 



liunley & Theobald, Conch, [ud. 1876, p. xii ; Nevill, Hand 



List, i, 1878, p. 286 (burti). 

 Diplommatina {Eudiplommatimt) hitr/i, Kobelt & Mollendorff, 



Nachr. Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxx, 1898, p. 135; id,, Cat. Pneum. 



1899, p. 55. 

 Diplommatina {Diplommatimi) burti, Kobelt, Das Tierreicli, 



Lief. 16, 1902, p. 427. 



Original deseription :— " Shell dextral, tumidly and ovately 

 fusiform, colour pale umber or sienna-brown, very finely and 

 closely cost ulated under lens, almost smooth to the naked eye; 

 spire rapidly attenuate, apex sharp, suture well impressed below; 

 whorls 8, tiie three last swollen and rounded, those near apex flat, 

 penultimate the largest, the last rising slightly towards the 

 aperture, wliich is vertical, broad, and well rounded below ; peri- 

 stome double, very thick, continuous, columellar tooth strong." 

 (^Godivin-Austea.) 



Alt. axis 5 mm. : major diam. 2-7. 



Hah. India: debouchement of Burrov.'li Eiver, Assam {Bart). 



465. Diplommatina butleri, dodwin-Atiaten. 



Diplommatina butleri, Godwin-Austin, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, 

 p. 512 ; id., Land & Freslnv. Moll. India, ii, 1897, p. 6, pi. 6J, 



iisr. 9. 

 Diplommatina (Eudiplonwiatina) hutleri, Kobelt & ]\rollendori¥, 



Nachr. Dents. Malak. Ge.s. xxx, 1898, p. 135; id., Cat. Pneum. 



1899, p. 55. 

 Diplommatina (Diplominatina) butlen, Kobelt, Das Tierreicli, 



Lief. 16, 1902, p. 427. 



Or'a/inal description:— ''iihM dextral, tumidly fusiform ; sculp- 

 ture, iione on the last 3 whorls, very ilistaut, strong costulation 

 on all above; colour pale sienna-brown, fresh shells glassy and 

 polished; spire conic, rapidly diminishing, apex small; suture 

 well impressed; whorls 74, penultimate and antepenultimate 

 about equal, sides very convex, constriction above the aperture ; 

 aperture nearly circular, vertical ; peristome double, strong. 



