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CONCHOLOGIA INDICA. 



PLATE CXII. 



HELIX. 



1, 3, 3. H. decussata, Benson, J. Asi. ISoc. Beng. 

 1836 (vol. 5) p. 350 (as Nanina).— Pfeif. Mon. 

 Helic. vol. 1, p. 70. — Eeeve, Conch. Icon. Helix, f. 



743. 



VMM^ai.. 



}^^j,^^UtU- 



4, ,5, 6. H. Sispariea, Blanford, J. Asi. See. Beng. 

 1866 (vol. 30), p. 34 (as Nanina).— Pfeif. Mon. 

 Helic. vol. 5, p. 122. 



Sispara Ghat, Nilgherries. 

 Our figure is taken from a type lent us by Mr. W. 

 Blanford, to whose liberality and profound knowledge 

 of Indian -Malacology the avithors have been frequently 

 indebted. 



7, 10. H. anserina, Theobald, J. Asi. Soc. Beng. 

 1865 (vol. 32, pt. 2), p. 4, name only. 



Shan Provinces. 

 The conspicuously punctulate shagreen is an im- 

 portant character. 



8, 9. H. Andersoni, Blanford, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1869, p. 446 (as Plectop.). 



Bhamo, and Hoetone in Yunan. 



PLATE CXHI. 

 AMPULLARIA. 



1. A. oinerea, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Ampul, f 94. 



Ceylon. 

 The throat is usually chestnut, and there are 

 obscure bands under the epidermis as indicated by the 

 description. 



2. A. eorrugata, Swainson, Zool. Illust. ser. 1, pi. 

 120 (badly copied in Kuster's ed. Chemn. Ampid. 

 pi. 1, f. 10). 



Bengal ; Pondicherry, teste Belanger. 

 The only individual known to us agrees fairly with 

 the drawing of Swainson, who having cited, as a 

 synonym, the A. rugosa of Sowerby's genera (which 

 looks more like globosa) induced Deshayes to identify 

 both with his A. sphcerica (Encycl. Meth. Vers). Can 

 it be an abnormal form of the next species ? 



3. A. globosa, Swainson, Zool. Illust. ser. 1, pi. 

 119. — Philippi, Monog. Ampul. (Kust. ed. Chemn.) 

 p. 8, pi. 1, f. 3. — Eeeve, Conch. Icon. Amp. f. 46, 



Calcutta ; Eohilkhund ; Orissa, &c. - ^<aI^/.1 J^ 

 A common shell which attains much larger dim6n- ' > 

 sions than here exhibited : occasionally its peritreme is 

 tinted with orange red, so as to remind one strongly of /Z<^ 

 Crouch's ideal of A. Guyanensis (Crouch, Lam. pi. 

 15, f. 18). The A. rotundata of Say (erroneously / ^ 5 

 described as American, but with a testaceous opertA ' 

 culum) is supposed to be a form of this species. 



4. A. globosa, var. sphairica, from Moradabad, 



5. A. globosa, var. fasciata, from Moradabad. 



operv' 



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PLATE CXIV. 

 AMPULLARIA, 



1. A. carinata, Swainson, Zool. 111. ser. 2, from 

 which Philip. Mon. Ampul, (in Kust. ed. Chemn.) 

 pi. 1, f. 2 — ? Reeve, Conch. Icon. Ampul, f. 58. 



Ceylon. 

 This is not the species so named by Lamarck (as the 

 Cyclostoma carinatum of Olivier) which belongs to the 

 sinistral genus Lanistes. It is chiefly distinguishable 

 from the next species by the greater breadth of the 

 penult whorl, and the sharper sutural angulation. 



2. A. Malabarica, Philippi (not Eeeve), Mon. 

 Ampul. (Kust. ed. Chemn.) p. 39, pi. 7, f 8. 



Cochin, Malabar ; Bombay. 

 Very closely allied to the preceding, and not im- 

 probably a local variety. Yet the upper whorls of the 

 spire (which is more exserted) are rounded. The 

 young type of Reeve's Malabarica (f. 67) does not 

 exhibit the flat infrasutural ledge referred to by 

 Philippi. The A. pallens of Philippi (Kust. ed. Chemn. 

 Ampul, p. 32) may possibly prove the variety we have 

 received from Cashmire. Reeve's A. canaliculata, said 

 to have been taken in Cashmire, seems the young of 

 A. speciosa. 



3. A. Tisehbeini, Dohrn, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858. 



Ceylon. 

 Copied from the type in the British Museum. 



4. A. Layardi, Reeve, Conch. Icon. Ampul, f 27, 

 40. 



Ceylon. 



