DII'LOMMATIXA. •'! I 



and 1o .1 i^reatev extent than in most species of the genus. Jn all 

 these characters, it exliibits a nearer a])i)roaeh to Ojnsthosloiua than 

 any species ot' Dij}louimaiina yet described.*' {Godwia-Aasten.) 



474. Diplommatina diplochilus, Benson. 



Difloiuiia/i)/// lUplochcilm, Benson, A.M.N.H. sor. i', xix, 18."37, 

 p. 20-2 ; ProilTer, IMon. ru.'inii. Siippl. 1, 18o8, p. 10; Theobald, 

 .I.A.S. 15. xxvii, 1858, p. 318; I'ieiffer, Novit. Coiicli. ser. 1, 

 ii, 18()0, ]). 142, pi. 37, figs. 13-15; (iodwin-Austen, .J. A. 8. B. 

 xxxvii, 18G8, p. 83, pi. 2, figs. 1, 1 a ; Ilanley & Theobald, 

 (Jouch. Ind. 1875, pi. 140, lijrs. 2, 3, p. 55 (iliplocheilos) ; 

 Theobald, Cat. Shells Brit. India, 187G, p. 42; Xevill, Hand 

 List, i, 1878, p. 28C>. 



Diplommatina (Eudiplommatina) (lipidcJii/u.s, Kohcli & Mi'llendoill, 

 Nachr. Bents. ^Malak. (les. xxx, 1897, ]). 130; id., Cat. Pneiim. 

 18i)0, p. 56. 



Dipltiinmatina {l)iplomiuuti)ut) iJiplnchilKs, Kobelt, Bas lierreich. 

 Lief. Ki; rj()2, p. 131. 



Original description: — "Testa dextrorsa, vix riiiiata, ovato- 

 conica, snbfusit'ormi, medio ventricosiori, solidiuscula, carneo- 

 albida, vix trauslucente, leviter nitente ; spira conica, apice acuto, 

 sulura profunda ; anfractibus 64-7 convexis, primis costatis, 

 '3 postreaiis lievioribus, antepenultimo majori tumido ; apertura 

 vertieali subauriculari, pallide carnea, nitente, plica coluniellari 

 valida nutanle numita; i)eristomate duplici, interuo continuo 

 expauso, exteriori planato-expanso, infra sinistre angulo saliente 

 desinente, margine sinistro sinuato, callo parietali magno, expanso, 

 superne suturam fere atlingente, subtus soluto marginem elevatuni 

 efformante. Operculo rctractili. 



"Long. '3, diani. 2 mill." 



flab. India: Teria Ghat, Ivhasi Hills {Thejbald) ; Cherra 

 Poonjee {Blanford, Godivin-Aiisten). 



" This shell, although abundant, was local on limestone rocks. 

 .... There is a strong line of separation between the inner and 

 outer peristome, and the relief of the parietal callus above the 

 columella is a marked feature." {Benson.) 



475. Diplommatina domunciila, Godwin- Austen. 



Diplom))ic(liiui (Jomn)iculi(. Godwin-Austen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, 

 p. 518; id.. Land & Fresliw. Moll. India, ii. 1897, p. 15, pi. 66, 



*'r- ^- . ' , 

 Diploninitttiiut (Phidiplommattna) dojmivciila, Kobelt it ^loUendorfF, 



Nachr. Bents. Malak. Ces. xxx, 1898, p. 136; id.. Cat. Pneum. 



1S99, p. 56. 

 Dijilommntina {DipJomiiiatimi) Jo7nunculu, Kobelt, Bas Tierreich, 



Lief. 16, 1902, p. 431. 



Original description: — "Shell dcxtral, fusiform; sculpture, 

 strong, regular, distant costulation on all tlie whorls, much closer 



