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lescente ; labi'o incrassato, albo ; labro acuto. Operculum corueum, 

 fusco-nigrum, concentrice striatum. 



Alt. 20, diam. U mm. 



Hah. Gauges. 



According to a note appended to the original description the 

 animal is of a blackish-brown colour. 



95. Pahidomus iiasiita, Bohrn. 



Paludomus nasida. Dohrn, 1'. Z. S. 1S57. p. 123 ; H. >fc T., C. I. 

 pi. 124, tig-. 7. 



Original description : — Testa solida, oblougo-conica, apice acuto, 

 nigrescens, versus apicem albicans, ad suturam linea valde im- 

 pressa distincta, obsolete decussata ; anfractus quatuor convexi- 

 usculi, ultimus medio leviter angulatus ; apertura simplex, oblonga, 

 albida. Operc. — ? 



Alt. 12, diam. S mm. 



Aperture : alt. 7*o, diam. 4'5 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



96. Paludomus abbreviata, lieeve. 



Pahidomus ahhreviata, Reeve, V. Z. S. 1852, p. 127; H. & T., C. L 

 pi. 125, fig. 7. 



Original description : — Testa abbreviato-ovata, solida, JN^eritinai- 

 formi, spira brevissima ; anfractibus superne plano-declivibus, 

 delude convexis, laevibus ; apei'iura subampla ; olivacea, lineis 

 duabus fuscis interdum obsolete cingulata, apertura^ fauce fasciata. 



The follox^iug measurements are taken from the figure in the 

 ' Conchologia Indica ' : — 



Alt. 20*5, diam. 10 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Of a solid JSeriiina-WkQ form. 



97. Paludomus acuta, Reeve. 



Paludomus acuta, lleeve. P. Z. S. 1852. p. 127-; II. & T., C. I. 

 pi. 12;], fig. 7. 



Original description: — Testa acuminata-turbinata, spira acuta; 

 anfractibus rotundatis, ad sutui'am excavatis et liueatis, medio 

 lineis incisis cingulatis ; apertura parva, virescenti-olivacea. 



The measurements of the figure in the ' Conchologia Indica ' 

 are as below : — 



Alt. 17'25, diam. 10-75 mm. 



Hah. Near Pondicherry. 



The apex of the shell, \\hich in most species is eroded, is here 

 sharply developed. The whorls are characterized by being encircled 

 round the middle with conspicuous engraved lines. 



