OltPfiAtOTROPlS. 357 



Oiiij)/ial(it)-opis (I-Ain/lrojiis) aurant.iuva, Koljelt .S: MuUi'iidditT, 

 Nachr. Deuts. Malak. CJes. xxx, 1898, p. 118; id., Cat. I'lieiim. 

 1899, p. 08. 



Orujinal description : — " C. testa conica, elongata, turrita, apice 

 acuta, basi i)erforata, leviter striata ; anfractibus planis, ultimo ad 

 periplieriani subcariuato ; apertura ovato-circulare, intus lulea; 

 inarginibus incrassatis albidis, colore externe crocea." (Deshayes.) 



" T. perforata, ovato-coiiica, solidula, coiicentrice niinutim et 

 coiifertiin striata, rubra ; spira conica, acuta; aul'r. 6-7 vix con- 

 vexiusculi, ultiiiuis longitudinaliter striatus, medio linea elevata 

 munitus ; apertura obliqua, ovalis, intus concolor ; ])erist. sub- 

 incrassatuii), album, expausiusculum, marginibus disjunctis, colu- 

 mellari simplice, superue dilatato. — Operc, normale. 



"Long. 04, diain.. 5k mill. Ap. 4| mill, longa, 3| lata." 

 (Deshayes.) 



Hah. India : Pondicherry {Belcmyer). 



Its occurrence in India has been disputed, Benson * stating 

 that it is a Mauritian species, which may possibly have been 

 imported with plants. 



550. Omphalotropis brevis, Godwin- Austen. 



OmpJudotropis {Realia)brevis, Godwin-Austen, Proc Zool. Soc. 1895, 



p. 455. 

 Omphalotropis {Eurtjtropis) brevis, Kobelt &; ]Mollendorff, Nachr. 



Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxx, 1898, p. 149 ; id., Cat. Pueum. 1899, 



p. 09. 



Original description : — " Shell dexti*al, elongately turbinate, 

 riniate ; sculpture smooth, covered with a fine epidermis, having 

 a few indistinct lines of growth ; colour pale yellowish horny ; 

 spire conical, sides flat ; apex sliarp ; suture impressed ; whorls 6, 

 the last slightly carinate with a hair-like keel, w^liich is seen in 

 the whorl above ; below a hair-like keel round the umbilical region ; 

 aperture ovate; pei'istome thin, not complete in specimen. 



"Maj. diam. IS ; alt. axis 2*8 mm." {Godwin-Austen.) 



Ilah. Kicobar Is. : Camorta {^Roepstorf). 



551. Omphalotropis distermina, Benson. 



Oniplinlotropis distermina, JJenson, A. M. N. 11. ser. 3, xii, 1863, 

 p. 425; Pfeitfer, Moii. Pneuni. Siippl. 2, 1805, p. 178; Theobald, 

 Cat. Shells Brit. India, 1870, p. 15; Ilanlov & Theobald, Conch. 

 Ind. 1870, pi. 145, iig. 10; Ncvill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 321. 



Healin {Omphalotropis) distermina, I'luitfer, Mon. Pneuni. Suppl. 3, 

 1875, p. 225. 



Omphalotropis {Eurytropis) distermina, Kobelt & MoUendorff, 

 Nachr. Deuts. Malak. Ges. xxx, 1898, p. 149; id.. Cat. Pneum. 

 1899, p. 09. 



Original description : — " O. testa perforata, globoso-conica, 

 oblique striatula, supra suturam, ad peripheriaui, et circa umbili- 

 cum oblique vel radiatim costulato-striata, sub epiderniide fusca 



* A. M.N. H. ser. 2, viii, 1851, p. 194. 



