ARIOPHAffTA. 



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thicker than maderaspatana, white, often with a bluish tinge, 

 washed with brownish on the last whorl, with a narrow, spiral, 

 rufous band inside the suture and traces of other bands, and 

 with numerous small, brownish, translucent spots irregularly 

 distributed ; spire very low : whorls 5 j, flatly convex above, the 

 last slightly subangulate at the periphery, moderately swollen 

 beneath ; aperture oblique, lunately ovate, generally rufous within ; 

 peristome simple, thin, columellar margin reflexed. 



Major diam. 26, min. 21, axis 15. 



Hob. Nilgiris. 



[Fig. 26. Ariophanta solata. 



A. Animal viewed from right side, showing edge of mantle- and dorsal lobes. 



B. Animal viewed from left and front side, showing sole of foot. 



0. Extremity of foot, showing mucous gland. E. Generative (male) organ. 

 D. Generative organs. F. Kadula and jaw. 



For explanation of letters in italics and numbers see figs. 2, 3, 4, and 16.] 



[Animal. The right dorsal lobe is small, the left long, narrow, 

 and continuous. Sole of foot not divided ; in spirit puckered and 

 wrinkled transversely. The mucous pore is overhung by a slight 

 blunt process. 



Peripodial line distinct, above a broad margin. In the genera- 

 tive organs the amatorial is solid and cylindrical with a retractor 

 muscle ; in the male organ there is a stout and long caecum-like 



