294 MELANIID.ZE. 



Mr. Layard, in the Ann. Mag. for 1855, describes the operculum 

 as " typical, but apex much inclined to the left." 



17. Paludomus tanjoriensis [emend.]. 



Helix tanschaurica, Gmelin, Syst. 1790'; Chemnitz, Conck.-Cab. /, Vol. IX, 

 1786, as Helix tanschauriensis of Gmelin ; emend. H. F. Blanford, 

 Trans. Lin. Soc. 1863. 



5 Poonamalee, Madras ; ex c. Asiatic Soc., Bengal. 

 30 Madras ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 

 20 Trichinopoly ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 

 30 Courtalier Kv. ; ex c, Madras Museum. 



var. palustris. 



Paludomus palustris, Layard, Ann. Mag. 1855, Ceylon. 



1 Ceylon ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 

 *1 Ceylon ; coll. E.L. Layard, Esq. [A. S. B.]. 

 13 Ceylon ; coU. H. Nevill, Esq. 



I unhesitatingly agree with Mr. Blanford, in opposition to the 

 decided opinion of M. Brot, in uniting the Madras and Ceylon 

 forms ; the greater relative shortness of the last whorl is the 

 most marked character, the peculiar sculpture, as shown in the 

 Con. Indica, pi. 126, figs. 2-3, is seen in young specimens of 

 both. The keels of the apical whorls are difficult to detect 

 in the Ceylon form, specimens being always more or less decol- 

 late ; nevertheless they can be traced every now and then. 



var. kadapaensis, nov. [dist. sp. ?]. 



3 Kadapa District, Madras ; coll. W. King, Esq. 



Apparently without sculpture ; apex not acute ; spire pointed, of 

 four to five whorls, longitudinally, regularly, handsomely flamed, 

 somewhat as in P. parva, Layard, but in a less " zigzag " 

 manner. Long. 15 J, diam. 9f mil ; spire slightly eroded only. 



var. malatoarica, nov. 



9 Travancore ; coll. Colonel R. H. Beddome. 

 5 Pulney Hills j coll. Kev. S. B. Fairbank. 



Decollate and in shape exactly resembling the Ceylon var. 

 palustris ; decussating striae, however, obsolete in the adult, 

 as in the typical Madras form, spiral striation very variable 



