236 zoNiTiD.^;. 



striated, the striation decussated bv close, finely impressed, longi- 

 tudinal spiral lines above and below, yello^^"ish brown ; spire 

 conoid, apex obtuse, suture deep ; whorls 5, rounded, slowly 

 increasing in size, the last rounded at the periphery and beneath ; 

 aperture oblique, diagonal, seniiovate ; peristome straight, colu- 

 mellar margin oblique, slightly reflected. 



Diam. 2|, height 1| mm. 



Hab. Teria Ghat, Khasi Hills and Jatinga Valley, North Cachar 

 Hills {Godwin- Austen). 



Near S. srimani, but the spiral sculpture is different and much 

 finer, the shape of the aperture, too, differs considerably. 



360. Sitala? recoiadita, Godinn-Austen, Mol. Ind. I, 1883, p. 75, 



pi. 13, fig. 4 (shell). 



Shell narrowly and subobtectly perforate, depressedly turbinate, 

 obliquely subcostulate above, on the base finely and closely marked 

 with impressed concentric lines, pale brownish horny; spire conoid, 

 low, apex blunt, suture well impressed ; whorls 4|, convex, the 

 last subaugulate at the periphery, convex beneath ; aperture 

 oblique, roundly lunate; peristome thin, columellar margin oblique, 

 slightly reflected. 



Diam. 2h, height 1| mm. 



Hah. Ealiang, North Jaintia Hills ; Jav.ai, Khasi Hills (Gochvin- 

 Austen). 



The sculpture is peculiar, oblique, and subcostulate above, con- 

 centric only below. 



d. Lo7ir/itudinalli/ striated. 



361. Sitala? rimicola, Bs. (Helix) A. M. N. H. (3) iii, 1859. p. 266 ; 



Tfr. (Helix) Mon. Hel. v. 1868, p. 71 ; H. .y T. (HeUx) C. I. 

 1870, pi. 61, fig. 1 ; Godtcin-Austen (Sitala), Mol. Ind. i, 1882, 

 p. 36, pi. 9, figs. 2, 3, & 4 (shells from Mussoorie, Darjiling, and 

 Khasi Hills) ; ii, 1898, p. 48. 



Shell subperforate, turbinate, giobosely conical, thin, fragile, 

 finely obliquely striated and decussated, ^^'ith close very fine 

 longitudinal impressed lines above and below, translucent, pale 

 brownish horny; spire conical, apex obtuse, suture impressed; 

 whorls 6, convex, the last larger, rounded (sometimes subangulate) 

 at periphery, convex beneath ; aperture oblique, semicircularly 

 lunate ; peristome thin, straight, columellar margin vertical, 

 reflected. 



Major diam. 4;^, min. 4, height 4 mm. 



Hab. Landour and Nag Tiba range near Mussoorie in "Western 

 Himalayas ; Darjiling 4000', and various places in the Anghami 

 and Lhota Naga, Khasi, and Garo Hills south of Assam; Durrang, 

 Assam. Specimens from Sikhim are subaugulate ; those from 

 Khasi Hills rather larger, from 5 to 5| mm. in diameter. 



[Dr. Blauford placed this species in Macrocldamys with, doubt ; 

 I retain it in Sitala. The animal is unknown.] 



