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rotundato ; apertura obliqua. rofundato-ovata, peristomate obtuso, 

 iTiarginy parietali sulco niediocri ab anfractu ventrali separato. 

 Operculo — ? 



Alt. "), diaiu. 3-25 mm. 



I{(th. (ranges, near Sikrigali, Bengal. 



IN'evill cites a var. minor (Hand List, p. 4-J) also from Sikrigali. 



162. Stenothyra blanfordiana, Net' ill. 



Stenothyra bUmfordiana, Xevill, J. A. S. \^. .\li.\-. pt. 2, p. IGO; 

 op. cit., ], pt. 2, p. 15G, pi. 7, lig. 10. 



Original descrij^iion : — Testa minima, r nperficie rimata, siib- 

 ventricoso-ovata, vix solidiuscula, nitida, lasvis, pallide cornea, 

 subpellucida ; spira subacuta, apice miiuito, s-ubobtuso ; anfr. -J.j, 

 convexi, ultimus magnus, siibsolutus, tiimide-ventricosus, siib- 

 biangulatus, antice subapplauatus ; apertura subovalis, paululum 

 postice retrorsa, peristomate continuo, superne angulato. Oper- 

 culum ovale, superne leviter acuminatum, vix crassiusciilum, 

 subtransluciduij), spiral^, apice subceutrali, interne testaceo- 

 costatum. 



Alt. 3-1, diam. 2-1 mm. 



Ifah. Lake Chilka (type); also Port Canning and Madras. 



Ot" the operculum the author further states: "it is oval, semi- 

 transparent, spiral, of few whorls, with the apex also central, ou 

 the inner side three ridges, one semicircular and two short ones 

 with a slight S-curvature, for the attachment of the animal. 



"The species is some\\hat variable, especially as regards size 

 and the greater or less distinctness of the angulation of the lat-t 

 whorl. Specimens from Port Canning agree better with the above- 

 described t}^pical form than do those from Madras." 



The type is in the Indian Museuui, Calcutta. 



163. Stenothyra minima {Soiverhy). 



Stenothyra minima (Sowerhy), in Mag. Nat. Hist. (Charlesworth's 

 series), i, 1837, p. 217, fig. '2-2b (as Nematiira) \ Adams, P. Z. S. 

 1851, p. 225 (as Nematura); Benson, A. M. X. II. ser. •^, xvii 

 1850, p. 501 ; II. & T., C. I. pi. 37, fig. 1. ' 



Original (.h'scrijjtion: — Testa parva, cornea, semipellucida, ovali, 

 spira subproducta; polita, fasciis rutis subobsoletis ornata; apertura 

 urbiculari, peritremate simplici. 



Alt. 3 mm. 



Hah. Western India ; Lake Chilka. 



1G4. Stenothyra woodmasoniana, Xevill. 



Stenothyra tcoodtnasoniana, Nevill, J. A. S. B. xlix, pt. 2, p. 159 ; 

 op. cit., 1, pt. 2, p. 156, pi. 7, fig. 8. 



Original descrijjiion : — Testa parva, imperforata, ovato-acuta, 



