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b. The whorls transversely striated, not decussated. 



63. Ariophanta albata, Blf. (Xestina) J. A. S. B. 1880, pt. 2, p. 189, 



pi. 3, fig. 3 ; id. Proc. Mai. Soc. iv, 1901, p. 245. 

 Helix lucublanda, Ancey, Le Nat. iii, 1886, p. 293. 



Near A. belangeri, but thicker and more coarsely sculptured 

 with rather irregular oblique impressed grooves ; no decussating 

 spiral lines ; the colour is white throughout. The shell is inter- 

 mediate in form between A. belangeri and A. maderaspatana. 



Major diam. 29, min. 32J, height 174. 



Hob. Papanassam, in the hills west of Tinnevelly, S. India 

 (Beddome). 



64. Ariophanta sisparica, Blf. (Nanina-Hemiplecta ?) J. A. S. B. 



1866, 2, p. 34 ; Pfr. (Helix) Mon. Hel v, 1868, p. 122 ; H. $ T. 

 (Helix) C. I. 1876, pi. 112, figs. 4, 5, 6. 



Shell narrowly umbilicated, depressed, rather thin, striated, 

 white, with a straw-coloured epidermis, having a dull oily lustre ; 

 spire convex, low, suture fiat, linear, submarginate ; whorls 4J, 

 flatly convex above, the last not descending, bluntly angulate at 

 the periphery, more swollen and convex beneath ; aperture oblique, 

 subovally lunate, white and pearly inside ; peristome thin, margins 

 united by a thin callus, columellar margin curved, briefly reflected. 



Major diam. 37, min. 30, axis 18 mm.; aperture 19 broad, 

 16 high. 



Hab. Sispara Ghat, Nilgiri Hills, about 6000'. 



I obtained two specimens of this species in 1864 on the road 

 leading down to Sispara Grhat. 



65. Ariophanta novella, Pfr. (Helix) P. Z. S. 1854, p. 50; id. 



(Helix) Mon. Hel. iv, 1859, p. 34 ; Rv. (Helix) Conch. Ic. no. 1294 ; 

 H. $ T. (Helix) C. 1. 1876, pi. 150, fig. 8. 



Shell obtectly perforate, turbinately depressed, almost lenticular, 

 carinate, rather thin, pale horny, striated, not decussated ; spire 

 low, conoid, with the sides slightly convex, suture almost flat ; 

 whorls 5, nearly flat above, the last convex beneath, sharply keeled, 

 the keel growing blunt near the mouth ; aperture oblique, sub- 

 tetragonally lunate; peristome thin, columellar margin curved 

 above, almost vertical, briefly reflexed, and partly covering the 

 perforation. 



Major diam. 21, min. 17, axis 10 mm. 



Hab. Ceylon (Thwaites}. 



An apparently rare shell, and confined to the hills of South- 

 western Ceylon. The colour may be darker when fresh, as shown 

 in Eeeve's figure. 



66. Ariophanta ceraria, Bs. (Helix) A. M. N. H. (2) xii, 1853, 



p. 91 ; Pfr. (Helix) Mon. Hel. iv, 1859, p. 67 ; H. $ T. (Helix) 

 C. J.I 876, pi. 28, fig. 4. 



Shell obtectly perforate, depressed, waxy white to pale fulvous 



