PALUDOMUS. 47 



anfractus quatuor convexi, sui)ra medium obsolete carinati ; 

 apertura oblonga, simplex, albida, lineis fuscis, pelluceiitibus. 

 Operc. — ? 



Alt. 10, diam. 13 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 11, diam. (J mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



82. Paludomus palustris, Laijard. 



raludvinus pnlustri^, Lavartl, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 89 ; 11. & T., C. 1. 

 pi. li>G, tigs. ■>, ;j. 



Original description : — Shell ovate, thin ; axis 10 lines, diam. 

 6 lines ; spire exserted. long ; whorls rounded, rather flat, spirally 

 closely grooved with minute granular stria; (visible nnder tlie lens). 

 Colour of adult shell a rich yellow spotted with dark brown, the 

 markings frequently running into wavy lines ; apex bluish ; aper- 

 ture white. Operculum nearly oval, the apex slightly inclined to 

 the left; concentric nucleus subcentral, sinistral. 



Hab. The grassy margins of a tank at Anarajah])oora, Ceylon. 



In young shells the ground colour is almost hidden by the dark 

 markings, and the aperture is found to be spirally marked with 

 thin lines of the same colour. 



83. Paludomus taiischaurica, Gmelin. 



FaludiiiuHs tanschuurica, (imelin, Syst. Nat. 3655, for the Helix 

 Jiuviatilis tanschaurensis of Chemn., Concb.-Cab. ix, p. 174, 



tio'. 1243. 

 Helix Jiuviatilis, Dillwvu, Desc. Cat. Shells, p. 959 : II. & T., C. I. 



pi. 123, fig. 8. 

 Paludomus tanjorwnsis, II. F. Blauford, emend. Trans. Linn. Soc. 



1863, p. 173, pi. 27, figs. 2rt-e. 



Original description : — Testa subturrita, brunuea, glaberrima, 

 aufractibus septem, maculis obscurioribus seu nigricantibus coi:- 

 spersa, ore subrotundo, fauce albicante. 



Alt. 16, diam. 13 mm. (taken from tig. in 'Conchologia Indica'). 



Hah. India. 



Var, kadapaensis, JS'evill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 294. 



" Apparently without sculpture ; apex not acute ; spire pointed, 

 of four to five whorls, longitudinally, regularly, handsomely 

 flamed, some\\hat as in P. parva, Layard [:=rhilinoides, Eeeve], 

 but in a less " zigzag" manner." (Nevill.) 



Alt. 15-5, diam. 9'7o mm. (spire slightly eroded only). 



Hah. Kadapa District, Madras (King). 



Var. malabarica, yeviU, torn. cit. 



"Decollate and in shape exactly resembling the Ceylon var. 



