180 HELlCAtUON. 



H. MAGNIFICUS, Austen and Nevill.' PI. 42, figs. 12, 13. 



Closely allied to H. gigas, but larger, brownish, body-whorl 

 much more flatly expanded, spire less convoluted, more de- 

 pressed. Diam. 46, alt. 29'5 mill. 



Momein in Yunnan, at 5500 feet. 

 H. HYALEA, Bock. PI, 42, figs. 8, 9. 



Thin, glossy, sculptured with very fine growth-lines and micro- 

 scopic impressed spiral striae; whorls 2-3, margined at the suture, 

 last whorl very large, as is also the aperture ; glossy olive-brown. 



Diam. 20 mill. Sumatra. 



H. RESPLENDENS, Nevill. PI. 42, figS. 10, 11. 



Resembling H. gigas, Bens., in texture and color, but a little 

 thinner and more membranaceous ; it is at once distinguished 

 from it by its flattened, more ear-like form. 



Diam. 22, alt. 8 mill. Sawady and Ehamo, Upper Burmah. 



Animal light pink, thickly dotted with black on the mantle- 

 lobes and caudal extremity, sparsely dotted elsewhere. 



H. VENUSTUS, Theobald. PI. 42, fig. 14. 



Yellowish, oval, depressed, whorls about 2, the last rapidly 

 changing, aperture very oblique, almost horizontal. 



Diam. 7'5 mill. Mts. Arakan. 



** Approaching Parmarion. 

 H. SOLIDUS, Godwin-Austen. PL 42, fig. 15. 



Shell flat, periphery oval, solid, epidermis reddish brown ; 

 spire short, apex very flat ; one single body-whorl, peristome 

 simple, thin. Diam. 15 mill. 



Hengdan Peak, North Cachar Hills, Bengal. 

 Approaches Parmarion, Fischer, and was described as a 

 doubtful species of Hoplites, which is s}monymous with Par- 

 marion. Neville supposes it to =the preceding species. 



H. PEGUENSIS, Theobald. PI. 42, figs. 16, 17. 



Auriform, very thin, striate, polished, epidermis membrana- 

 ceous, greenish yellow or yellowish brown, nucleus lighter, spire 

 planulate ; whorls 1^; aperture transverse, horizontal, showing 

 the spire, peristome membranaceous. Diam. 13, alt. 2'5 mill. 



Near Pegu; Nilgiri Mts., India. 



The latter locality is for H. auriformis, Blanford, an unfigured 



