PLANISPIRA. 157 



125. Planispira contracta, Benson. 



Helix contracta (Ilutton) Benson, A. M. N. fl. ser. 3, xiii, 1864, 



p. 137 ; Hauley k Theobald, Couch. Ind. 1870, pi. .55, tigs. 



8 & 9. 

 Helix {Planisinra) contracta^ Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 77. 

 Helix {Trachia) contracta, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 181. 

 Helix {Plectotropis (Trachia)) contracta, Try on, Man. Conch. 



ser. 2, iv, 1888, p. 65, pi. 14, figs. 61, 62. 

 Planispira I Trachia) contracta, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, i.\, 



1894, p. 116. 



Original descrijjfioti : — " H. testa late umbilicata, depressa, 

 cliscoidea, oblique striatula, laevigata, nitidida, albida, fascia 

 rufesceute supra anguluiu superiorem ciucta ; spira plauata, 

 apice vix elevatiore, sutura impressa ; anfractibus 4, sensim 

 accresceutibus, coiivexiusculis, ultimo supra periplieriaiu com- 

 pressiusculo subaugulato, antice latiore oblique descendeute, subtus 

 convexo, utnbilicum mediocrem, medio anguste excavatuui, sutu- 

 raque brevi profunda munitum circumstaute ; apertura valde 

 obliqua, lata, ovato-lunari ; peristomate non continue, superne 

 expausiusculo, subhorizontali, infra reflexiusculo, marginibus 

 conniventibus approximatis. 



" Diam. maj. 13, niin. 10, alt. 4 mill." (Benson.) 



Hah. ludia : • Malwa : Pooree, Bhagulpur {liaban) ; Ijenares 

 {Mainivaring) ; Delhi, lioorkee ( Wood-Mason). 



Apparently a rare species, intermediate between P. nilagerica 

 and P. asperella. 



126. Planispira fallaciosa, Ferussac. 



Helix (Helicella) fallaciosa, Ferussac, Tabl. Syst., Lima^ons, 1821, 



p. 43 (nom. nud.) : ibid.. Hist. Nat. Moll. 1832, pi. 71, figs. 1-3, 



Expl. PI. p. iii (Livr. xxviii). 

 Helix fallaciosa, Pfeitfer, Symb. Hist. Helic. ii, 1842, p. 27 ; 



Deshayes in Ferussac, Hist. Nat. Moll, i, 1850, p. 54 ; Reeve, 



Conch. Icon, vii, 1852, pi. 85, tig. 459 ; PteiHer, Conch.-Cab., 



Helix, ii, 1853, p. 93, pi. 82, tigs. 18-21 ; Hanley & Theobald, 



Conch. Ind. 1874, pi. 85, tigs. 8, 9. 

 Helix [Camcena] fallaciosa, Chenu, Man. Conchyl. i, 1860, p. 455, 



fig. 3397. 

 Helix (Trachia) fallaciosa, von Marten?, Die Helic. ed. 2, 1800, 



p. 160. 

 Helix (Planispira) fcdlaciosa , Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 77. 

 Helix (Plectotropis (Trachia)) fallaciosa, Tryon, Man. Couch. 



ser. 2, iv, 1888, p. 64, pi. 14, figs. 68, 69. 

 Planispira (Trachia) fallaciosa, Pihhry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, ix, 



1894, p. 116. 

 Trachia fallaciosa, Jousseaume, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, 



p. 285. 



" H. testa orbiculato-depressa, diseoidea, laevigata, alba, fusco- 

 zonata ; anfractibus planiusculis, ultimo cyliudraceo, aliquando 



