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subvar. minor. 

 Conf. Brot, pi. 5, fig. 18, Ceylon. 

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



var. contracta, nov. 



Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, pi. 5, Jigs. 19-20, as " P. sulcatus, var.," from 

 Peradenia. 



6 Ambegammoa, Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanf ord, Esq. 



var. compact a. 



*' Philopotamis compacta, n. sp", H. Nevill, in lilt, as " almost extinct." 

 1 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



Remarkable for its small aperture. Long. 16J, diam. llf 

 mil. 



32. Paludomus [Philopotamis] regalis. 

 Paludomus regalis, Layard, Ann. and Mag. 1855, Ceylon. 

 10 Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford and H. Nevill, Esqrs. 



33.|Paludoinus [Philopotamis] nigricans. 



Paludomus nigricans, Reeve, Icon. 1847, Ceylon, at 6,000 ft." anfr. Icevibus 

 subanffulatis." 



14 Newera Ellia, Ceylon j coll. H. Nevill and F. Layard, Esqrs. 



My brother sent to Dr. Stoliczka this, the typical form, as 

 " Phil, misconceptus," nov., evidently considering it distinct from 

 the following, in which view he may prove to be correct. 



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



Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, 1880, pi. 6, fig. 6, Newera Ellia, as "var. J5." 

 12 Ceylon ; coll. H, F. Blanford, Esq. 



34. Paludomus [Philopotamis] ventricosula. 



Paludomus ventricosula, H. Nevill, Esq., Ms., Brot, Conch.-Cdb. II, 1880, 

 pi. 5, Jiff. 3, as Philopotamis violacea, Layard. 



Both shell and operculum admirably figured as above by 

 M. Brot; it is, as there stated, a true Philopotamis^ whereas 



