138 LAND AND FRESHWATER 
“ Lieut. H. Alexander, 10th Hussars, has since sent me H. bajadera, 
which he found in company with Cyclostoma indicum, Desh., between 
the Bhore Ghat and Bombay.” 
W. Blanford, in A. M. N. H. 1863, xi. p. 85, says, from an inspec- 
tion of the type specimens of both shells, ‘« I have ascertained that 
NV. ammonia, Val.,is founded on the type variety of V. bajadera, Pfr.” 
Original description :—*“ 7. umbilicata, sinistrorsa, globoso-conoidea, 
tenuiuscula, longitudinaliter valide plicata ( plicis alternis minoribus), 
fulvida ; spira conoidea, vertice obtusiusculo, rufulo ; anfr. 4, con- 
veviusculi, ultimus inflatus, medio subacute carinatus, antice descen- 
dens, basi juxta umbilicum angustissimum compressus ; apertura ob- 
liqua, magna, lunato-rotundata ; perist. simplex, rectum, margine 
columellari superne late dilatato-reflexo. 
“ Diam. maj. 30, min. 25, alt. 20 mill. (Mus. Cuming). 
“* Hab. in Bengalia.” 
See under the next species the localities given by Mr. Blanford ; 
I found it on the island of Elephanta, Bombay. 
ARIOPHANTA INTUMESCENS, W. T. Blf. 
Nanina (Artophanta) intumescens, W.T. BIf. Cont. Ind. Mal. no. vi. 
J.A.8.B. 1866, p. 32. 
Helix intumescens, Pfr. Mon, Hel. vol. v. p. 321; Conch. Indica, 
p. 40, pl. exi. fig. 6 (a very good drawing). 
Ariophanta intumescens, Theob. Cat. Supp. p. 23. 
Nanina (Ariophanta) intumescens, Ney. Hand-list, p. 19. 
Original description :—‘* Shell sinistrorse, narrowly and sub- 
obtectly umbilicated, globose, thin ; finely, subplicately, transversely 
striated with obsolete decussating sculpture; dull fulyous-brown, 
horny, rather lighter in colour just above the periphery and around 
the umbilicus ; spire conversely conoid, apex very obtuse, suture 
scarcely impressed; whorls 43, slightly convex, the last bluntly 
carinate, descending very little near the aperture, tumid beneath, 
compressed around the umbilicus; aperture large, diagonal, trun- 
cately subcircular ; peristome white, subexpanded, margins ap- 
proaching each other; columellar margin nearly vertical, rather 
broadly reflected, partly covering the umbilicus. 
millim. inch. 
<< Major diameter: — 6.2% «as o)cicopes 32 1:3 
Manor ditto” -_ tx. eee 26 1:05 
ACIS es Goes 5) ses eebot oe) votes ts 22 0-9 
** Habitat. Mahableshwur, Western Ghats of Hindustan. 
“«This fine species of Ariophanta has long been confounded with 
Nanina bajadera, Pir., which is, however, although a variable shell, 
easily distinguished. NV. bajadera is more globose and thicker, being 
at the same time more transparent; it has much stronger sculpture 
(and deeper sutures), and is always rounded at the periphery near 
the mouth, and frequently throughout, while in N. *ntumescens the 
