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11. A. Belangeri (Desh.) : Malabar and Madura. 



Syn. : R. Bombayana, Grat. ; R. vitellina, Pfr. 



b. The whorls transversely striated above, not decussated. 



12. A. albata (Blf.) : Hills west of Tinnevelly, South India. 



Syn. : Helix lucublanda, Ancey. 1 



13. A. Sisparica (Blf.) : Sispara, Mlgiri Hills. 



14. A. novella (Pfr.) : Hills of South-western Ceylon. 



15. A. ceraria (Bs.) : Higher hills of South-western Ceylon. 



B. Shell spirally banded with colour more or less distinctly. 

 a. Decussately striated, but not grooved. 



16. A. ligulata (Fer.) : Eastern Peninsular India, from the Gauges 



River to the Carnatic. 

 Syn. : Nanina turbinata, Beck. 



17. A. bistrialis (Beck) : Madras Presidency except near west coast, 



and Ceylon. 

 Syn. : R. Taprobanensis, Dohrn ; ? R. cyix, Bs. 

 Subspecies : 



A. bistrialis: Southern India and Ceylon. 



A. Ceylanica (Pfr.) : Ceylon (probably the hills of South- 

 western Ceylon). 



18. A. ? Basilessa (Bs.) : Ruuges near Malabar coast south of 



Palghat Gap. 

 Subspecies : 



A. Basilessa: Animalais, Pulneys, Travancore Hills. 



A. tinostoma (Blf.) : Tinnevelly Ghats, east of Papanassam. 



A. enisa (Blf.) : Agastyamalai, Travancore. 



semirugata and Tranquebarica were both given by Beck (Index Molluscorum 

 praes. aevi Mus. Princ. Aug. Christ. Fred., pp. 41, 42) without any description, 

 but semirugata was founded on the figure and description of a sbell in Martini 

 and Chemnitz, wrongly referred by them to Helix globulus, Mull., whilst 

 Tranquebarica was a manuscript name of Fabricius. The first must consequently 

 be retained. The earliest published description of Helix Tranquebarica that I have 

 been able to find is that by L. Pfeiffer in 1848 (Mon. Hel. Viv., vol. i, p. 41). 



Le Naturaliste, torn, iii (June, 1886), p. 293. M. Ancey says that this species, 

 of which he received a specimen from Colonel Beddome, is not a Nanina, but 

 a Helix. He points out that the shell does not present the characters of 

 Nanina, either as regards the umbilicus, the columellar insertion, the general 

 aspect, or the form of the aperture ; and as a Helix albata. Fagot, already 

 exists, the shell from Southern India requires to be renamed, and he accordingly 

 proposes to call it H. lucublanda. It is evident that M. Ancey has not 

 examined the animal, nor have I, but I have examined the animals of 

 A. Belangeri and A. Maderaspatana, the shells of both of which resemble that 

 of A. albata in all the characters specified by M. Ancey, except perhaps the 

 general aspect, and both belong to the section commonly called Nanina, and 

 possess the mucous gland and other characteristics of the group. I have not 

 succeeded in ascertaining where Helix albata, Fagot, is described, but I have 

 no doubt Mr. Ancey is correct in referring it to the Helicida;, and I consequently 

 see no reason for renaming the shell I called Xestina albata, which belongs to 

 the Limacidse. 



