YAGINULUS. 487 



examining them, appear to differ in no respect from tliose of 

 Lima.v." {Tenij^lelon.) 



Length 51 mm. {ex icon.). 



JJah. Ceylon: Qo\on\\)o {Templeton) :^ Point de G^Wq {Semper) -^ 

 Peradeuia, Ballacadua Pass {Hnmhert). 



The specimen recorded by Humbert was stated to measure : 

 at rest 35 mm. long, 18 mm. broad; in motion 60 mm. long, 

 17 mm. broad. 



470. Vaginiilus reticiilatus, Westerlund. 



V(ifji7uthi>i vpticrdufus, Westerhmd, Nachr. Deuts. Malak. Ges. 



1883, p. 49: ibid., Vega E.xped. \'etensk. Jaktas. iv, IBS'), 



p. 19i>. 

 J'eyonicella 7-eticidata, Cockerel], The Conchologist, ii, 1893, 



p. 193. 



Oric/inal description : — " Pallium deusissime punctatum, ru- 

 gosum et gi'anulis parvis confertis obsitum, non cariiiatum, 

 olivaceum, nigro-maculatum, striga mediana aurantia distincta 

 notatum ; infra pallidum, concolor; pes flavidus." (Westerhmd.) 



Length of mantle (spirit -specimen) 50, breadth 23 mm. 

 Breadth of foot 6 mm. 



H((b. Ceylon : Poiut de Galle. 



Probably allied to, if not identical with, V. macidaiii.s. No figure 

 has been published and I have not seen specimens. 



477. Vaginulus sarasinorum, Simroth. 



Vuqinula, n. sp. (No. 3), Simroth, Sitz. Ber. Naturf. Ges. Leipzia-, 



17 & 18 Jahrg. 1892. p. 66. 

 Vdf/inula sarasi7iorum, Simroth, torn. cit. p. 85. 

 Veronicella sarasinorum, Cockerel!, The Coucholoaist, ii, 1893, 



p. 193. 



Orifjinal description (in German) : — " Likewise a Pleurocaulier 

 with the highesr degree of development of the penis (in conse- 

 quence of protracted isolation in mountains?). This organ has 

 the aspect of the head and neck of a cock with a very large comb, 

 the orifice being in the bill ; the comb, ringed with deep polygonal 

 honey-combs, foruis the glans. Dart glands, intestines, salivary 

 glands, etc., similar. Papilla? of the dart glands simple, shortly 

 conical. Tentacles more or less prominent." (Simroth.) 



It is unfortunate that no description or figure of the animal of 

 this species has been published. 



478. Vaginulus birmanicus, Theobald. 



I'ai/inulus birmanicus, Theobald, J. A. S. 15. .\.xxiii, 18G1, p. 243 ; 



Nevill, J. A. S. B. xlvi, 1877, part 2, p. 23 ; ibid., Zool. lies. 



Two Exp. West. Yunnan, i, 1878, p. 883 ; Blanford in Nevill, 



Hand List, i, 1878, p. 199. 

 Veroiucdla birmanica, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xlii, part 2, 1873, 



