32 ZONITID^. 



Mol Ind. i, 1898, p. 137; id. t.c. n, 1876, pi. 82, fig. 8 (teeth of 

 radula). 

 Helix ammonea, Val., Desk, in Fcr. Hist. Nat. i, 1850, p. 197, 

 1)1. 37 A, tig. 1 ; Pfr. Mo7i. Hel. iii, 1853, p, 41 ; id. t. c. viii, 1877, 

 p. 560. 



Shell thin, translucent, ])ale greenish to brownish horny tlirough- 

 out, rather glossy, coarsely plicately striated above, almost smooth 

 beneath; spire conoidal, apex obtuse, suture rather deep; whorls 



Fig. 19. — Ariophanta hajadera. 



4-4;^, convex, the last swollen, rounded at the periphery (immature 

 shells are subangulate), descending slightly at the mouth ; aper- 

 ture diagonal, almost round, lunate; peristome thin, white. 



Major diam. 27|, min. 22, axis 18| mm. 



Hah. The Bombay Presidency, south of the Narbudda, ranging 

 east to Nagpur. Common on the Western Ghats near Bombay. 

 Not found in Bengal. [Lives on leaves of one or two shrubs. — 

 W. T. B.] 



57. Ariophanta intiimescens, Blf. (Nanina-Ariophanta) /. A. S. B. 



XXXV, 1866, p. 32 ; Ffr. (Helix) Mon. Hel. v, 1868, p. 321 ; id. t. c. 

 vii, 1876, p. 370 ; H. .*,'• T. (Helix) C. I. 1876, pi. Ill, tig. 6 ; 

 Godivin- Austen (Ariophanta), J. A. S. B. xlix, 1880, p. 155; id. 

 Mol. Ind. i, 1898, p. 138. 



A large duller shell than A. hajadera, thin, brown, \\ith finer, 

 less plicate striation, suture scarcely impressed; whorls 4|, almost 

 flat above, the last bluntly angulate at the periphery, descending 

 a little at the mouth ; aperture large, rounded. 



Major diam. 32, min. 26, axis 23 mm. 



Hab. Mahableshwar (W. T. B.). 



Teeth of radula 50 . 27 . 1 . 27 . 50 (77 .1 . 77). The teeth are 

 like those of A. interrupta, but the adraedian series are tricuspid, 

 there being a small tooth on the inner side as well as on the 

 outer ; lateral teeth very long and narrow, gradually becoming 

 very small on the outer margin. 



58. Ariophanta canarica, Blf. Proc Mai. Soc. iv, 1901, p. 248, pi. 25, 



Ariophanta intumescens, Godivin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xlix, 1880, 

 pi. X, tig. 4 (animal). 



Shell openly perforate, globosely turbinate, brownish horny, 

 rather sohd, closely and rugosely striated, the strise decussated 



