86 COLLETT : NEW VARIETIES OF CATAULUS. 



As the figures are in each case somewhat poor and indistinct, I 

 have thought that it might serve a useful purpose to give a new 

 figure of the species (Fig. A), together with figures of two new 

 varieties which have occurred to me in the hill-forests of the Island. 



The whereabouts of the late Mr. Hugh Nevill's collection being 

 apparently unknown, I have selected for the figure the species of a 

 shell which corresponds as nearly as possible to the original descrip- 

 tion. This, together with the types of the two varieties figured, has 

 been deposited in the British Museum (Natural History). 



C. nietnepi, G. & H. Nev., var. unieolop, n. v. Fig. B. 



Shell larger and more elongated than the type. Whorls more 

 solid, more densely striated and more roughened. Apex golden and 

 horny. The rest of the shell very pale yellow throughout. The con- 

 spicuous white flames which ornament the typical form and var. 

 caperata, are entirely absent in the present variety, which is rare. 

 Operculum normal. 



Alt. 17, diam. max. 6.5 mm. 



Hab. — Amongst ferns and forest undergrowth. Ambegamoa, 

 3000 feet. 



Fig. A. Cataulus iiie/neri, G. and H. Nevill. 

 Fig. B. ,, ,, var. taiicolor, Collett. 



Fig. C. ,, ,, var. caperata, Collett. 



Cataulus nietneri, G. & H. Nev., var. caperata, n. v. Fig. C. 



Shell larger and more solid than the type. Whorls more rounded 

 and sutures deeper. Apex smooth and horny. The rest of the shell 

 closely and strongly wrinkled all over, excepting the small flattened 

 portion of the last whorl immediately above the peristome. Oper- 

 culum as in the type. 



Alt. 18, diam. max. 7 mm. 



Hah. — Amongst ferns and scrub in marshy places. Fairly common 

 in Ambegamoa, 2000 feet, and Balangoda, 2200 feet. 



