90 TivirARiD.i:. 



viridis, versus fipicem fuscescens ; spira rnagis niinusve elevata, 

 exserta ; anfractibus convexi, ad suturara et basin obsolete, medio 

 acute carinati ; spiraliter et longiludinaliter striata; sutura 

 simplex, impressa ; apertura ovata, intus alba, peristoma sub- 

 iucrassatuui, reflexiusculum, nigrum, 



Alt. 21, diam. 16 ram. 



Aperture : alt. 12'5, diam. 9 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



Var. ecarinata {HanUii d: TJieolxdd), Conch. Ind. pi. llo, 

 fig. 9. 



The type of this variety is not available, and is probably lost; 

 the figure depicts an ecarinate shell Avith rounded A\hor],s and 

 painted with a narrow, brownish or blackish, subperipheral baud 

 on the last whorl. 



Alt. 21, diam. 16'5 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



177. Vivipara lecythis (JJemon), 



Vivipara Icci/this (Benson), J. A. S. B. v, 18S0, p. 74-") (as I'dlit- 

 dina) ; 11. & T., 0. 1. pi. 76, fig-. 6. 



Original dencription : — Testa tenui, globoso-conica ampullacea, 

 olivacea, glabra, rugis obsoletis decussata ; spira obtusiuscula ; 

 anfractibus valde ventiicosis, rotundatis ; suturis excavatis ; 

 apertura intus violacea spiram longitudine superante ; peri- 

 tremate nigro, subreilexo ; umbilico evauescente. 



Alt. 50-5, diam. 42-25 mm. 



Hah. Upper Bui^ma (Conch. Ind.). 



" . . . . It is a very thin shell in proportion to its volume. 

 The epidermis is greenish olive in young speeiiuens, reddisli 

 iuscous in the adult." 



Var. ampulliformis {Benson). 



Paludina ampulliformis, Eydoux & Souleyet, Vov. Bouite, Zool. 

 p. 549, pi. 31, tigs. 25-27 ; H. & T., C. I. pi. 76. tiy. 7. 



Original description : — Testa globosa, couico-depressa, fusco- 

 nigricante ; anfractibus senis, ventricosis ; superioribus erosiiis- 

 culis ; apertura ovato-acuta, obliqua, intus lusca ; peristomate 

 continuo ; umbilico augusto. Operculum corneum, ovatum, con- 

 centrice striatum. 



Alt. 35, diam. 30 mm. 



Hah. Upper Burma ; Cochin China. 



"Only differs from the type by the absence of the iufra-sutural 

 angle." {Haidei/ <^ Tlieohald.) 



