136 ZONITID.^. 



219. Macrochlamys ? vallicola, Pfr. (Helix) P. Z. S. 1854, p.2S9; ?f?. 



CUelix) Mo7i. Bel. iv, 1859, "p. 46; 11. ^' T. (Helix) C. J. 1876, 

 pi. 11^8, figs. 8, 9. 



Shell perforate, depressed, smooth, highly polished, marked 

 with fine, concentric (longitudinal), not very close, and slightly 

 impressed lines (only visible under a microscope) above and faintly 

 below ; isabelline tawny, whitish beneath ; spire almost flat, 

 suture shallow, slightly impressed : whorls 5, slightly convex, the 

 last rounded at the periphery, convex below ; aperture subvertical, 

 lunate ; peristome thin, straight, columellar margin oblique, ex- 

 panded, reflected above. 



Major diam. 12, min. 10, height 5 mm. 



Hob. Ivundah Hills, the \^estern part of the Nilgiris (Pirrie). 



220. MacrocMamys todarum, W. S,- 11. BJf. (Helix) J. A. S. B. xxx, 



1801, p. 353, pi. 1, fi-. 8; Pfr. (Helix) Mm. Hel. v, 1868, 

 p. 106 ; H. ^ T. (Helix) C. L 1876, pi. 64, figs. 4, 5 ; Nevill, 

 Nauina (Macrochlamys), Hand-l. i, 1878, p. 26. 



Shell subobtectly perforate, subturbinately depressed, thin, 

 smooth, polished, minutely and closely striated concentrically 

 (longitudinally) throughout beneath the microscope, rufescent 

 brownish horny ; spire conoid, apex acute, suture impressed ; 

 whorls 6, convex, the last considerably broader, rounded at peri- 

 phery, convex below ; aperture subvertical, roundly lunate ; 

 peristome thin, basal margin slightly arcuate, columellar curved, 

 vertical above, triangularly reflected partially covering the per- 

 foration. 



[" Animal of Kilgiri specimen very similar to H. vitrinoides 

 (i. e. M. indica, petrosa, &c.), and with precisely similar linguiform 

 processes to the mantle. Back veiy narrow but not keeled above. 

 Animal and mantle black." — Extract from Dr. Blanford's Note-hoolc.'\ 



Major diam. 14, min. 12, height 7^ mva. 



Hah. Nilgiri Hills; Pykara, Neddiwuttom, 6000', &c. Also 

 reported from other parts of the Nilgiris, from Tinnevelly and 

 from the Shevroys. 



221. Macrochlamys? perrotteti, Ffr. (Helix) Zntsckr. Mai. 1851, 



p. V^ ; id. (Helix) Mon. Hel. iii, 1853, p. 63 ; id t. c. vii, 1876, 

 p. 110 : id. (Helix) Mart. ^ Chemv. Si/st. Conch.-Cab. 1901, Helix, 

 no. 1088, pi. 159, tigs. 41-44 ; W. ^- H. Blf. J. A. S. B. 1861, 

 p. 353. 



Shell perforate, depressed, thin, smooth, polished, with extremely 

 minute and close microscopic spiral striation, brownish horny ; 

 spire very low, conoid, suture slightly impressed ; whorls 5g, 

 rather convex, the last rounded at the periphery and flatly con- 

 vex beneath ; aperture subvertical, lunate ; peristouae thin, basal 

 margin slightly arcuate, columellar oblique, slightly curved, tri- 

 angularly exj^anded, but scarcely reflected above. 



Major diam. 8, min. 7, height 4 mm. A smaller form measures 

 7x6x3.4. 



