32 ZONITIDjE. 



Mol. Ind. i, 1898, p. 137 ; id. t. c. ii, 1876, pi. 82, fig. 8 (teeth of 

 radula). 



Helix ammonea, VaL, Desk, in Fer. Hist. Nat. i, 1850, p. 197, 

 pi. 37 A, fig. 1 ; Pfr. Mon. Hel. iii, 1853, p. 41 : id. t. c. viii, 1877, 

 p. 560. 



Shell thin, translucent, pale greenish to brownish horny through- 

 out, rather glossy, coarsely plicately striated above, almost smooth 

 beneath ; spire conoidal, apex obtuse, suture rather deep ; whorls 



Fig. 19. Ariophanta bajadera. 



4-4J, convex, the last swollen, rounded at the periphery (immature 

 shells are subangulate), descending slightly at the mouth ; aper- 

 ture diagonal, almost round, lunate ; peristome thin, white. 



Major diam. 27|, min. 22, axis 18| mm. 



Hob. The Bombay Presidency, south of the JNarbudda, ranging 

 east to Nagpur. Common on the Western Ghats near Bombay. 

 Not found in Bengal. [Lives on leaves of one or two shrubs. 

 W. T. B.} 



57. Ariophanta intumescens, Blf. (Nanina- Ariophanta) J. A. S. B. 



xxxv, 1866, p. 32 ; Pfr. (Helix) Mon. Hel. v, 1868, p. 321 ; id. t. c. 

 vii, 1876, p. 370 ; H. f T. (Helix) C. I. 1876, pi. Ill, fig. 6 ; 

 Godwin-Austen (Ariophanta), J. A. S. B. xlix, 1880, p. 155; id. 

 Mol. Ind. i, 1898, p. 138. 



A large duller shell than A. bajadera, thin, brown, with finer, 

 less plicate striation, suture scarcely impressed ; whorls 4 j, almost 

 flat above, the last bluntly angulate at the periphery, descending 

 a little at the mouth : aperture large, rounded. 



Major diam. 32, min. 26, axis 23 mm. 



Hob. Mahableshwar (W. T. B.). 



Teeth of radula 50 . 27 . 1 . 27 . 50 (77 . 1 . 77). The teeth are 

 like those of A. interrupta, but the admedian series are tricuspid, 

 there being a small tooth on the inner side as well as on the 

 outer ; lateral teeth very long and narrow, gradually becoming 

 very small on the outer margin. 



58. Ariophanta canarica, Blf. Proc. Mai. Soc. iv, 1901, p. 248, pi. 25, 



fig. 1. 



Ariophanta intumescens, Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xlix. 1880, 

 pi. x, fig. 4 (animal). 



Shell openly perforate, globosely turbinate, brownish horny, 

 rather solid, closely and rugosely striated, the stria3 decussated 



