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50. Buliminus (Cerastus) abyssinicus, Ruppeil. 



2 Hadoda, near Zulla, Abyssinia ; coll. W. T. Blanforcl, Esq. 

 7 Manda, Nerbudda Valley ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



6 Malwa ; coll. W. Theobald, Esq., ex c. As. Soc., Bengal. 



Buliminus (Cerastus) fairbanki, Pfeiffer. 



7 Ahmednagar ; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



51. Buliminus (Cerastus) deccanensis, Blanford, 



ms. 

 (J5. malabaricus, Pfeiffer, misnomer.) 



" This shell is from the Deccan and not from Malabar ; the 

 fauna of the two regions is utterly distinct, that of the Deccan 

 being semi-African, that of Malabar almost pure Malay."- 

 {W. T. B.) 



8 Ahinednagar ; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



52. Buliminus (Cerastus) olivieri, Pfeiffer. 



" Entire surface granulate : tail flattish and bluntly keeled, 

 rather rounded at the end ; no furrows alongside of head ; sole 

 of foot not margined ; jaw without transverse ribbing, simply 

 narrowly arched, shaped." (W. T. B.) 



4 Near Doldad, Makan, Abyssinia ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 20 Lake Asbangi, Abyssinia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



var. major, Mart. 

 1 Atala, Abyssinia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



53. Buliminus (Cerastus) jickelianus, n. sp. 



Shell like B. olivieri, but with the spire more pointed ; the 

 whorls less convex, the last one much less globose ; sculpture 

 almost or altogether obsolete ; the columella more oblique, the 

 aperture more everted. The type has seven whorls, the um- 

 bilicus completely closed, and the last whorls remarkably com- 

 pressed above the aperture; long. 34; diameter maximum 15 ; 

 aperture alt. 15 ; lat. 10 mil. 



1 Wadela plateau, between Nazoo and Yasendye, Abyssinia (type) ; coll. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



var. (The last whorl less compressed). 



2 Undul and Senafe ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Sub-Genus PETRAEUS, Albers (type B. labiosus, Mull.) 

 [Pars. NAPAEUS, Albers, type B. montanus, Drap.] 

 [Pars. ZEBR1NA, Helder, type B. detritus, Mull] 



