326 CLAUSIL1ID.E. 



Plica principalis loiiga, palatales duae majores profundae, ventrales 

 (antice intuenti supra aperturam conspicuse), lunella nulla. Clau- 

 silium ? (non vidi). 



" Alt. 20, lat. 4, apert, long. 4, lat. 3 mill." {Mdlhndorf.) 



Hah. Nicobar Islands : 'Kz.movt'A (Roepstorff). 



"Nearly related to Cl.javana. Pfr., and should find its place 

 in Bottger's second section of Pha'dusa (Pseudonenia), and in the 

 fifth subgroup of CI. javana." 



I have not seen this species, but judging from the figures it 

 appears to have a much more obtuse apex than Clausiha ivueller- 

 storffi, also a Nicobar form. 



288. Clausula shanica, Godwin- Auskn. 



Clmmlia {Pseudonenia) shanica, Godwin-Austen. P. Z. S. 1888, 

 p. 244. 



Original description: — "Testa breviter rimata, fusiformi-clavata, 

 corneo-grisea.. solidula ; spira concavo-turrita, valde elongata ; 

 apex miuutus, acutissimus. Anfr. 13|^, lentissime acci'escentes, 

 convexiusculi, sutura impressa disjunct!, subtiliter striati, ultimus 

 penultimo pariim major, subtus leviter atteuuatus, cervice rotun- 

 datus. Apert. parva, obliqua, late piriformis ; perist. continuum, 

 breviter solutum, expansiusculum. Lamellae modicse, conipressae, 

 approximatse ; supera raarginalis, parum alta, intus liumillima, 

 cum spirali ut videtur continua ; infera sublimis, subhorizontaliter 



Fig. l\\.— Clmmlia shanica. Fig. U2.— Clatmlia shanica. 

 (Type specimen.) 



in mediam aperturam prosilieus, antice in denticulum desinens, a 

 basi intuenti valde spiraliter torta ; subcolumellaris subemersa, 

 oblique intuenti distiuctissima. Plica principalis profunda, late- 

 ralis, in apertura antice vix^conspicua ; palatales 2, altera supera, 

 principali approximata et parallela, altera infera cum clausilio 

 perspicuo lunellum lateralem, magis minusve distinctum, fiu- 

 gente." 



" Alt. 19i, diam. 4 mm.; alt. apert, 3|, lat. apert. 2| mm." 



Rab. Burma : near Pingouug, Shang Hills, 2500 feet (Boettger). 



It would appear that the foregoing description is the joint 



production of the late Professor Oscar Boettger and Mr. John 



Ponsonby, for Lt.-Col, Godwin-Austen places it in inverted 



commas,' and adds "This description is somewhat amended by 



