Mr. W. H. Benson on new Indian Species o/" Achatina. 465 



The following list exhibits the names and localities of all the 

 Continental-Indian species of Achatina which have hitherto been 

 described : — 



A. tenuispira, B. Khasia Hills, Darjihng, and Burmah, 



— Cassiaca, B. Khasia Hills. 



— crassilahins , B. „ 



— Pyramis, B. ,, 



— crassula, B. Darjiling. 



— Hastula, B. „ 



— Orohia, B. „ 



— Amentum, B. Lower Bengal and Nerbudda. 



— Sarissa, B. „ 



— Gemma, B. „ 



— Frumentum, Beeve. „ (Var. of Gemma.) 



— prcelustris, B. Orissa. 



— Scriitillus, B. Orissa and Nerbudda. 



— Chessoni, B. Mahabaleshwar Hills. 



— notigena, B. Mahabaleshwar Hills and Bombay. 



— Oreas, B. Nilgherries and Bombay. 



— Perrotteti, Pfr. {Nilagirica, B.). Nilgherries. 



— Jerdoni, B. Nilgherries. 



— Ceylanica, Pfr. {Orophila, B.) Nilgherries. 



— Bensoniana, Pfr. Nilgherries. 



— Shij)laiji, Pfr. „ 



— con^osula, Pfr. „ 



— Balanus, B. Banks of Jumna. 

 Cheltenham, April 28, 1860. 



Supplementary Notice, containing Descriptions of two new Species 

 of Achatina from the NilgJmines. 



The two following species, which should have been included 

 in my paper on Indian Achatina, were inadvertently omitted : — 



Achatina Botellus, B. 



Testa oblonga, solidiuscula, Isevigata, leviter striatula, sub lente ia- 

 distincte confertim, spiraliter, miuutissime acuducta, polita, fulvo- 

 castanea ; spira ovato-obloiiga, apice valde obtuso, sutura impressa, 

 leviter crenulata ; aufractibus 7 coiivexiusculis, ultimo vix latiore ; 

 aj)ertura subobliqua, semiovali, intus alljida, columella valde ar- 

 cuatft, albido-callosa, basi subvcrticaliter truncata, peristomate 

 recto, marginibus callo tcnui junctis, dcxtrali latiusculo, planato, 

 non incrassato. 



Long. 18, diam. 7V mill. ; apert. 7 mill, longa, 3^ lata. 



Habitat ia montibus Nilgherries. Detexit T. Jerdoa. 



A single specimen of this very distinct species was received 

 from Dr. Jerdon with the following. 



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