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«. .. The colour of the animal is a dirty brown. The dark 
coloured variety is the more frequent of the two, although both 
occur of every size. They are abundant at Mahdssu under fallen 
timber, and in the rainy season they climb the stalks of plants, 
feeding upon the leaves. The largest specimens occur at Hattu, 
among the ruins of the old forts which crown the mountain. Young 
specimens were met with among junipers at Liti, at an elevation 
not much under 14,000 feet. (B.).” 
This species has a very wide range over the N.W. Himalayas. I 
am not at all certain that the very large Mussoorie form labiata is 
the same exactly as Hutton’s monticola. I have never seen any 
shells of large size from the Simla neighbourhood, to be able to 
compare the two. I have a fine series from Mussoorie, all with a 
low spire; periphery well rounded, not subangulate, and often 
banded. I think Jabiata should stand as a variety of monticola. 
The following are the measurements of Mussoorie specimens :— 
1. Banded: maj. diam. 43-0, min, diam. 37:0, alt. axis 17-0 mm. 
2. Plain: - 41:0, a 345, 19°3 mm. 
oa. Plain af 38:5, - Soe a, 15:0 mm. 
4, Young specimens with 5 whorls: maj. diam. 22°5, min, diam. 
19-5, alt. axis 8°5 mm. 
A sketch made in my note-book of the extremity of the foot of 
this specimen shows it to have a long horn-like lobe above the mucous 
gland. 
« Animal yellowish green, foot very long.” 
A specimen from Simla collected and given me by Stoliczka agrees 
well with the original description, and also with that in Pfeiffer, 
and this shell is also like two specimens in Mr. W. T. Blanford’s 
collection. 
Oxyres (BrnsontA) MonTIcoLA, Hutton. 
Simla (Stoliczka). 
Shell depressedly conoid; sculpture longitudinal well cut lines, 
crossing the more irregular lines of growth, but not decussate ; colour 
pale sienna-brown, with darker brown edging near the peristome ; 
spire subconoid, moderately high, the sides flat; suture shallow; 
whorls 7, not convex, closely wound, the last obsoletely angulate ; 
aperture lunate; peristome sharp and strong; columellar margin 
oblique. 
Maj. diam. 26-0, min. 22°5, alt. axis 12:8, alt. body-whorl 9-8 mm. 
Description in Pfeiffer :— 
© 338. Hertrx montrcora (Nanrna), Hutton. 
“ T. perforata, depressa, subdiscoidea, fusco-cornea, striata, liners 
concentricis, confertis minutissime reticulata ; spwra vix elevata, apice 
obtusata; anfr. 6, vie conveaiusculi, ultimus obsolete angulatus ; 
sutura leviter impressa ; apertura lata, lunaris ; perist. simplea, 
rectum, intus callo albido late labiatum, margine columellari viz 
reflexo. Diam. maj. 26, min. 17 (? 22), alt. 10 mill. (spec. Mus. 
britt.). Diam. 1°75 poll. (futt.).  [Min. diam. 17 must be a 
mistake.—G.-A. | 
