!^78 EKiD.i;. 



Bulmms {Rhachis) pundatiis, Pfeiffer, Malak. Bliitt. ii, 185G, 



p. 161 ; Trjou, Struct. Syst. ConcJi. iii, 1884, j). 49, pi. 99, fig. 62. 

 Buliminus {lihachis) jnmctatits, von Martens, Die Ileliceen, ed. 2, 



1860, p. 231 ; ibid., Malak. Pdatt. vi. 1860, p. 212 ; ibid., in von 



der Decken, lleiseu in Ost-Afrika, iii, Abth. 1, 1869, p. 59; 



Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 130 ; Kobelt, Illustr. Conchyl. 



Biich, ii. 1878, p. 273, pi. 84, fig. 14. 

 Bulii)mms jmiictahts, von Martens, Kaclir. Dents, Malali. Ges. 



1869, p. 153. 

 Bulimus imnctatus, Nevill, Enum. Helic. Ceylon, 1871, p. 3. 

 lihachis pimctatits, Schacko, in Mobius, Beitr. Meeresfanna Ins. 



Mauritius u. 8eychellen, 1880, p. 340 (radula); Smith, Fauna 



and Geogr. Maldive and Laccadive Arch, i, part 2, 1902, p. 143. 

 Bulimina (liachis) 2y^*nctata, Pfeiffer «& Clessin, Nomencl. Plelic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 285. 

 Rachisellus inmctatus, Bourguignat, Moll. Afr. Equat. 1889, p. 69 ; 



Thiele, Wiss. Ergebn. Deuts. Zentr.-y\fr. Exp. iii, Zool. 1911, 



p. 201. 

 JRachis puuctatus, Jousseaume, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, 



p. 297. 

 Rhachis pmictata, Kobelt & MtiUendorft", Naelir. Deuts. Malak. Ges. 



1903, p. 38. 

 Bnlimimis {Rachis) punctatus, Peile. Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. 



Soc. xi, 1908, p. 131. 

 Bulimus soiutus, Benson MS. quoted by Pfeiffer and Deshayes. 

 Bulimus solattis, Benson MS. quoted by Peeve. 



Orujinal description: — " Oval-coiiisch, Gewinde niiissig laug ; 

 6 tiaclie AViiidungen; wenig gliinzend, glatt, weiss, feiu braun 

 puiictirt, auf der Mitte del' letzteu AV^indung ein schiuales braunes 

 Band, Wirbelspitze scliwarz, gliinzend ; durcUbobrt ; Miiiidung 

 laug oval ; Mundsaum scharl ; Spiudel uiit eiuem Bliittchen 

 belegt." {Anton.) 



Length 10, diaui. 5 inm. Apert. 4"5 niai. long, '6 broad. 



Hah. India: Bundelkbund {Benson, Jerdon, Mus. Cam.); 

 Oolooberiali, near Calcutta and Benares {Mainivaring) ; Madras 

 {Henderson) ; Pooua, Ahmeduuggar {Blanford) ; Trichinopoly, 

 NuUauiuUays {Blanford)-, Travancore {Beddome); Orissa {Ball); 

 Bombay Island (Pfi/f, West), Ceylou {Lui/ard, jYevill). Laccadive 

 Archipelago (>SV«n?<?;/ Gardiner Exp.). Africa: Zanzibar {Vesco, 

 von der l)ecl-en, Br aims) ; Mozambique: Tette and Querimba 

 Island {Peters) ; Benguella {Ansorge). 



No habitat was given origiually by Anton, Benson being the 

 first to identify specimens as B. punctatus from Bundelkhund and 

 Ceylon as recorded by Pfeiffer and Beeve. Many other Indian 

 lo(!alities were indicated subsequently by Nevill, while in 1860 

 von Martens and Morelet recorded specimens from Zanzibar, the 

 former adding Mozambique in 1S69. He mentioned that shells 

 from Zanzibar were contained in Albers' collection, but they were 

 labelled B. Femssaci, Dunker, adding that the true West African 

 fcrnssaci, indeed, scarcely differs from punctatus, except in the 

 white coloration and pale apex. He draws attention, however, to 

 the fact that Pfeiffer attributes a corneous apex to punctatus^ 



