EUPI.ECTA. Ql 



Hab. Nilgiri, Anaimalai, and Pulni Hills, the Wynaad and 

 Western Mysore as f;u- north as the Xadur district; S. Canara ; 

 ho lowe^r coun ry of Malabar (Nellumbur, Beypur), Travancore 

 (/>«//); Ceylon (Beddome); N. Mahlos Atoll, Ma\diyes( Gardiner) 

 A common species on the Nilgiris from near the base to the 

 top of the plateau and both on the eastern and western sides • 

 also common m places in Malabar. There is considerable varia- 



stuated with distinct spiral impressed lines, and with very small 

 granulation whilst typical E. shiplayi is smaller (20, 17 12 mm ^ 

 higher in the spire, with stronger file-like sculpture.' A lar^e 

 Ailgiri specimen measures in the three dimensions 27, 24 and 

 lo mm.; a small variety from Beypore 15|, 14, and 9. ' The 



nh^^hittt^^f . \^'" ''T '"^'^ ^- '"«^-^«'''^«, ^nd appears to 

 inhabit the tract of countiy near the Malabur coast as far north 

 as Nortli Canara. This is found in the N. Mahlos Atoll, Maldives 

 doubtless introduced with plants. ' 



89. Euplecta albizonata, Dohm (HeUx), P. Z s 1858 n 133- 



f(i;-(™^:)5««- Hel. v,1868,p.90; H. ^- T. (Hdix) C.I. 

 18/ b, pi. 52, fag. 6. 



Similar to the large variety of E. indica in general form, but 

 less sharply keeled and dull chestnut in colour, with, round the 

 periphery, a narrow white band, which is conspicuous inside the 

 aperture ; area round the umbilicus paler. The suture is deeper 

 and the whorls above more convex. 



Major diam. 25, min. 22, height 14 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon (Thivaites) ; Tra^vaucove (Beddome). 



A large Travancore specimen measures 29 mm. in maior dia- 

 meter ; height 15. This form probably passes into E. indica. 



VO. Euplecta emiliana, Ffr. (Helix) P. Z. S. 1852, p. 83; id Mart 

 .y C/u'»m. Syst. Couch.-Cab. ed. 2, Helix, no. 1075 pi 158 



^^^^''^V Hn ^r?'\- ?'^- "'' 1^^'"^' P- '^5; Jiv. Conch. Ic. 

 no. 608; H. 4'- T. (Hehx) C. I. 1876, pi. .^6, fio- 10 



Helix cing-alensis, Bs. A. M. N. H. (3) v, 1860, p. 383: Pfr. Mon. 



IM. V, 1868, p. 93 ; H. ^- T. C I. 1876, pi. 54, figs. 1, 2. 



Shell perforate, lenticular, fulvous to isabelline, horny trans- 

 lucent, closely and arcuately costulate above, the ribs JDearing 

 granular elevations separated from each other by impressed spiral 



Fig. 34. — Euplecta erailiana. 



lines, smooth and radiately striated beneath ; spire conoid, apex 

 varying, but generally acute ; whorls G, rather convex above, slowly 

 and regularly increasing, the last not descending, sharply keeled 



