DURGELLA, 217 



lunate, columellar margin oblique until close to last Mhorl, where 

 it becomes vertical, slightly thickened, and reflected. 



Major diam. 7*5, min. 6, height (from figure) 3-7''3 mm. 



Eah. Mairang, North Kbasi Hills {Godwin- Aiisttn). 



Animal pale yellowish, rather more orange on foot, a dusky 

 line on upper surface of extremity of foot. Length about 0*6 inch. 

 Dart-sac present ; spermatheca rather short. Eows of the 

 odontophore A\ith 320 . 1 , 320 teeth, which are larger than in 

 D. levicula. 



This is very near D. salius, and has the same habit of jumpiug 

 when touched. 



324. Durgella salius, Rs. (Vitrina) A. M. K. H. (3) iii, 18o9, p. 189 ; 

 Pfr. (Vitrina) Mon. Hel. iv, 18"j9. p. 799 ; H. i,- T. (Vitrina) C. I. 

 1876, pi. 65, tigs. 8, 9 ; IS'emll (Helicarion), Hand-L i, 1878, p. 14 \ 

 Goduin-Austen (Austeuia), Mol. Ind. \, 1883, p. 152, pi. 37, fig. 1 ; 

 id. t. c. ii, 1898, p. 65, 



Shell imperfor;.te, subglobosely depressed, not very thin, smooth, 

 more or less polished, sometimes indistinctly closely striated, 

 translucent, pale yellowish ocliraceous ; spire scarcely convex, 

 apex not prominent, suture very slightly impressed ; whorls 3|, 

 rather flattened above, the last sometimes descending a little in 

 front, rounded at periphery and beneath ; aperture oblique, 

 Innately subovate ; peristome not very thin, margins converging, 

 upper very slightly arcuate, columellar sinuate, rounded, sub- 

 vertical above. 



Major diam. Qg, min. 7, height 4| mm. 



Hah. Khasi Hills, Teria Ghat ; Lower Himalayas of Sikhim, 

 common at Pankabari. 



Animal not examined. In one shell there is part of an epi- 

 phragm remaining. Col. Godwin- Austen has suggested (Mol. 

 Ind. ii, p. 65) that this species belongs to Dan/eUa. The name is 

 derived from the jumpiug habits of the animal. 



*325. Durgella ? seposita, Bs. (Helix) A. M. N. H. (3) iii, 1859, p. 267 ; 

 Pfr. (Helix) Mon. Hel. v, 1868, p. 51. 



" Shell imperforate, conoidly subglobose, thin, obsoletely 

 obliquely striated, white, covered with a horny epidermis ; 

 spire low, conoidal, apex obtuse, suture slightly impressed ; 

 whorls 3, scarcely convex above, the last large, ventricose, 

 forming almost the whole shell, area around the umbilicus 

 slightly hollowed ; aperture large, oblique, roundly lunate ; 

 peristome thin, straight, columellar margin descending with a 

 curve, scarcely expanded. 



"Major diam. 7, min, 5^, axis 5 mm,; length of aperture 4|, 

 breadth 4." (Benson, in Latin,) 



Hah. Near Darjiling. 



Although Sikhim has been very thoroughly searched since this 

 species was named, no other specimens liave been found, and 



