350 CYCLOrHORID^. 



"Operculum tliin, spiral, no boss at the back. Animal pale 

 colored, tentacles black, rostrum pink ; the body spotted with 

 black wliicli shews tlirouo-h the shell in fresh specimens. 



"Hei2;ht 0-27 iucli [6-75 mm.] ; diam. O'lS [3-2.5 mm.]; diam. 

 of ap. with peristome 0-10 inch [2'5 mm.]." 



Fig. 38. — Gastropfi/chia iiisignis. (X 3.) 



Bah. India: Burrail Range, Asalu (3000 ft.). 



" This fine sinistral form is up to the present time the largest 

 known species from India. It is a well marked shell, and differs 

 widely from the other sinistral species from these hills . . . . " 

 (Godu'in-AnMen.) 



The speciuien now figin-ed is in the British Museum and 

 measures : alt. 6-2."), diam. 3 mm. 



Genus CLOSTOPHIS, Benson. 



Clostophis, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, v, 1860, p. 95; Pfeiffer, 

 Men. Pneum. Siippl. 2, 186-), p. 11; Stoliczka, J. A.S. B. xl, 

 part 2, 1871, p. l->7 ; Fischer, Man. Conchyl. 188o, p. 740 ; 

 Ancev, Bull. Soc. Malac. France, iv, 1887, p. 281 ; Kobelt & 

 MoUendorff, Nachr. Dents. Makk. (^es. xxxi. 1899, p. 138; id.. 

 Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 106; Kobelt, Das Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, 

 p. 484. 



TiPB (only species), C. sanlrtji, Benson. 



Range. Burma. 



Sliefl almost biconical ; penultimate whorl the largest, last 

 whorl descending, solute, smaller, practically in the direction of 

 the axis ; aperture entire, dentate. Operculum and animal 

 unkuown. 



541. Clostophis sankeyi, -Sanson. 



Clostophis saiiko/i, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, v, 1800, p. 9o ; 

 Pfeiffer, Mon'. Pneum. Suppl. 2, 186.5, p. 12; Theobald, Cat. 

 Shells lirit. India, 1876, p. 43; Ancey, Bull. Soc. Malac, France, 

 iv, 1887, p. 43 ; Kobelt & Mullendorff, Nachr. Dents. Malak. Ges. 

 xxxi, 1899, p. l.'^.S; id., Cat. Pneum. 1899, p. 100; Kobelt, Das 

 Tierreich, Lief. 16, 1902, p. 484, text-fig. 103. 



Original description: — ^" Testa late umbilicata, sub-biconica, 

 Isevi, spira turrito-conica, lateribus cavis, apice obtuso, sutura 

 profunda : anfractibus 5, primis angustis convexiusculis, penultimo 

 multu majore cylindrico, ultimo antice rapide desceudente, soluto, 



