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b. The whorls transversely striated, not decussated. 



63. Ariophanta albata, Blf. (Xostina) J. A. S. B. 1880, pt. -2, p. 189, 



pi. ;}, tig. ?> ; id. Proc. Mai. Soc. iv, 1901, p. 245. 

 Helix lucublanda, Ancei/, Le Nat. iii, 1880, p. 293. 



Near A. helamjeri, but thickei' and more coarsely sculptured 

 with ratlier irregular oblique impressed grooves : no decussating 

 spiral lines ; the colour is white througliout. The shell is inter- 

 mediate in form between A. heJangeri and A. maderaspatana. 



Major diam. 29, min. 32|, height 174. 



Hah. Papanassam, in the hills west of Tinnevelly, S. India 

 {Beddome). 



64. Ariophanta sisparica, Blf. (Naniua-HemiplectaP) J. A. S. B. 



1806, 2, p. :J4 : Ffr. (Helix) Man. Hel. v, 1868, p. 122 ; H. % T. 

 (Helix) C. I. 1876, pi. 112, figs. 4, o, 6. 



Shell narrowly umbilicated, depressed, rather thin, striated, 

 white, with a straw-coloured epidermis, having a dull oily lustre ; 

 spire convex, low, suture flat, linear, submarginate ; whorls 4|, 

 flatly convex above, the last not descending, bluntly angulate at 

 the periphery, more swollen and convex beneath ; aperture oblique, 

 subovally lunate, white and pearly inside ; peristome thin, margins 

 united by a thin callus, columellar margin curved, briefly reflected. 



Major diam. 37, min. 30, axis 18 mm.; aperture 19 broad, 

 16 high. 



Hah. Sispura Ghat, Nilgiri Hills, about 6000'. 



I obtained tvvo specimens of this species in 1864 on the road 

 leading down to Sispara Ghat. 



Qb. Ariophanta novella, Pfr. (Helix) P. Z. S. 1854, p. 60; id. 

 (Helix) Mon. Hel. iv, 1859, p. 34; Rv. (Helix) Conch. Ic.no. 1294 ; 

 H. ^- T. (Helix) C. 1. 1876, pi. 150, fig. 8. 



Shell obtectly perforate, turbinately depressed, almost lenticular, 

 carinate, rather thin, pale horny, striated, not decussated ; spire 

 low, conoid, with the sides slightly convex, suture almost flat ; 

 whorls 5, nearly flat above, the last convex beneath, sharply keeled, 

 the keel gro\\ing blunt near the mouth ; aperture oblique, sub- 

 tetragonally lunate; peristome thin, columellar mai^gin curved 

 above, almost vertical, briefly reflexed, and partly covering the 

 perfoi'ation. 



Major diam. 21, min. 17, axis 10 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon {Thivaites). 



An apparently rare shell, and confined to the hills of South- 

 western Ceylon. The colour may be darker when fresh, as shown 

 in lieeve's figure. 



OG. Ariophanta ceraria, Bs. (Helix) A. M. N. H. (2) xii, 1853, 

 p. 91 ; Pfr. (Helix) Mon. Hel. iv, 1859, p. 67 ; IL. ^- T. (Helix) 

 C. I. 1876, pi. 28, fig. 4. 



Shell obtectly perforate, depressed, uaxy white to pale fulvous 



