T.IMN r.v. 111 



215. Limnsea (Gulnaria) auricularia (Di-ap.). 



Limmpa (Gulnaria) anriciilaria (Urap.), as Lymnams auricidarius, 



Tiibl. Moll. 1801, p 48. 

 LinDicoHS, Sv\st. Nat. lOtli ed. 1758, p. 774, as Helix auricularia, 



II. k T., C. I. 1876, p. xvi. 

 Lymnrpa auricularia, in Keeve, L. & F. W. Moll. British Isles, 

 'p. 159. 



" Shell : somewhat squarely seniiirlobose, coinpressly umbili- 

 cated, rather thin, pallid horny, spire very small, sharp ; whorls 

 three to four, convex, irregidarly striated in the direction of the 

 , lines of growth, sometimes evanescently obscurely irregularly 

 ridged and malleated in Ihe opposite direction; extremely rapidly 

 enlarging, last whorl abru])tly widely auricularly inflated ; a|)erlure 

 very large, outer lip thinly expanded, columella callously twisted, 

 lip appres.sly dilated over the umbilicus." {Reeve.) 



Alt. 30, diam. ii;3 uim. (spec). 



Hah. Europe ; Afghanistan ; Kashmir. 



216. LiniTisBa (Gulnaria) brevicauda {Soiverhy). 



Limncna (Gulnaria) brevicauda (Sowerbv), Con. Icon., Limn., 

 sp. 105 ; H. & T., C. I., pi. 158, fig. 7. 



Orif/i^al descr{2:>tion : — Shell obliquely tortuous, pale horn, 

 veiitrico.-e ; spire short, acuminated ; whorls three, small ; last 

 whorl much iiiliated, rather short, excavated behind the columella, 

 aperture expanded, anteriorly subacuminated ; columellar fold 

 prominent, spirally torruous. 



IVom the figure in the ' Conchologia Indica' the dimensions 

 would seem to be about as follows: — Alt. 21, diam. maj. 17 u\m. 

 It is pro'i ablv a form of L. auricularia, Linn. 



Bab. Kashmir ( W. Blanford). 



Sowerby's specimen was said to be from Australia, but this was 

 undoubtedly an error. 



2 1 7. LimnaBa (Gulnaria) hookeri {Reeve). 



Original description: — Testa ovata, tenuicula, conspicue nm- 

 bilicata, anfr. 4-5, convexis, superne depresso-rotundatis, suturis 

 subimpressis, apertura orbiculari-ovata, marginibus lamina 

 latiuscubi subverticali conjunclis; sordide olivaceo-fusca. 



Alt. 17, diam. 10 nun. 



Hah. Thibetian or North side of Sikkim Himalaya at 1800 feet 

 elevation {Hoolcer) ; Gyantze, 13,120 feet, Mang-tsa, 14,500 feet ; 

 Se-chen, 13,100 feet, Thibet {^Stewart). 



Keeve, in his paper describing the shell, seems to think that it 

 is closely related to L. peretjcr, the coiiunon Euro[)ean form, an 



