oQ XIARID.E. 



A^ar. su"bgranulosa, Xevill, Haud List, pt. 2, p. 299 ; Brot, 

 Conch.-Cab. ii, ISSO, pi. 6, fig. 6 (as var. B). 



No other description given than that implied by the name. 

 Hah. Ceylon (Blanford). 



106. Paludomus (Philopotamis) erronea, Neuill. 



Pahidomus {Philopotamis) erronea, Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 300 ; 



H. & T., 0. I. pi. 108, fig. 7 (as P. 2wrm) [not of Layard]. 

 Pahidomus ijhasianinus, Layard, A. M. N. 11. 1855, p. 136 [not of 



Reeve]. 



" The only ally, 1 know, of Paludomus erronea is P. nigricans 

 of which Mr. H. F. Blanford considers it a smooth variety ; the 

 above-quoted figure, ho^^■ever, shows the difl^erences at a glance." 



Alt. 10'5, diam. 6-5 mm. 



Hah. Hackgalle [Hakgalla], Ceylon {Layard) ; Ceylon {Blan- 

 ford). 



107. Pahidomus (Philopotamis) subdentata, Nevill. 



Paludomus {Philopota^ms) subdentata, Xevill, Hand List, pt. 2, 

 p. 300. 



Original description: — Almost smooth, prettily longitudinally 

 striped, " flames " only slightly flexuoiis ; columella very broadly 

 excavated, alabaster white, subdentate at base ; spire truncate, 

 two whorls only remaining, the last one convexly swollen ; flames 

 are discernible within the aperture. 



Alt. 13-75, diam. 9*75 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon (type) (//. Nevill). 



108. Paludomus (Philopotamis) violacea {Layard). 



Paludomus {Pldlopotamis) violacea (Layard), V. Z. S. 1854, p. 92, 

 (as Tanalia); Brot, in Conch.-Cab. ii. 1880, p. 15, pi. 5, tigs. 3, 

 3 «, 3 ^-. 



Original description : — Shell globose ; axis 6 lines, diam. 5 lines. 

 Spire very short, slightly exserted. AVhorls rounded, ventricose, 

 spirally grooved with close-set, fine, minutely decussated striae (in 

 one variety the strise become ridges). Colour a dark bluish-brown, 

 almost amounting to black, with darkish brown patches appearing 

 in some specimens. Aperture deep violet inside ; columella 

 white, stained on the outside edge with dark brown. 



Hah. A small mountain torreut in a dense forest between 

 Gillymalle and Pallabaddoola, towards Adam's Peak, Ceylon. 



