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|. B. mimela, n.sp. Narkanda, E.N.E. of Simla. 



4. B. convexa, Rv. ( = Helix monticola, Pfr. : Mon. Helic, vol. i, p. 1 30 ; 



vol. iv, p. 124; vol. v, p. 197, nee Hutton.) Kumaun; Nagtiba 

 range, north of Mussooree ; Simla. 



5. B. Jacquemontii, v. Mart. : Nanina Jacquemontii, Mai. Blatt., 



Bd. xvi, 1869, p. 75; Pfeiffer, Nov. Conch., torn, iv, p. 48, 

 pi. cxviii, figs. 6-8; ib., Mon. Helic, vii, p. 220 : B. Jacquemontii, 

 var. Kurramensis, G -A., Land Fw. Moll. Ind., vol. ii, p. 115. 

 Murree ; Salt Range, Punjab; Knrrain Talley, Afghan Borderland. 



6. B. Wynnii, Blanf. : Macroehlamys Wynnii, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 



pt. ii, vol. xlix, 1880, p. 197, pi. iii, fig. 5 ; God win- Austen, 

 i.e., vol. ii, p. 118. Murree; Cherat, near Peshawur. 



7. B. camura, Bs. : Helix camura, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. in, 



vol. iii, 1859, p. 269. Darjiling, Sikhim, 4,000-7,000 feet. 

 Colonel Godwin-Austen, who has recently been able to study its 

 anatomy, informs me that this species is a Bensonia. 

 The species hitherto undescribed is the following : — 



Bensonia mimela, n.sp. 



Testa subobtecte perforata, conoideo-depressa, fulva, superne haud 

 nitens, subtiliter rugato-striatula, lineis impressis crebris minute 

 decussata, subtus nitidior, polita ; spira parum elevata ; anfr. 7, 



,. 



Bensonia mimela, n sp. 



planulati, vix superne convexiusculi, ultimus ad peripheriam obtuse 

 angulatus, subtus convexus ; apertura parum obliqua, lunata ; peris- 

 toma tenue, castaneo - limbatum, intus calloso - labiatum, marginibus 

 rectis ; peristomatibus prioribus relictis in anfractu ultimo vel pen- 

 ultimo conspicuis. Maj. diam. 27 - 5, min. 24-5, alt. 15 mm. 



Hob. — Narkanda, haud procul a Simla. 



This species is distinguished from B. monticola by its smaller size, 

 flatter whorls, subangulate periphery, different sculpture, and less 

 oblique mouth. The type has been presented to the British Museum. 



