60 ZONITIDJE. 



Helix Iceta (Pfr. P. Z. S. 1854, p. 287 ; id. Mon. Hel. iv. p. 38 ; 

 Rv. Conch. Ic. no. 1380), from an unknown locality, was identified 

 by Benson (A. M. N. H. (3) xiii, 1864, p. 497) with shells from 

 the Anaimalai Hills. Judging by the figure in Reeve (the species 

 is not mentioned in the ' Conchologia Indica ') H. Iceta must have 

 been very similar to E. travancorica^ and may have been identical, 

 in which case the name Iceta has priority. The type has disap- 

 peared, but a specimen in Cambridge from Benson's Collection 

 thus named is E. acuducta. 



A variety exists with the keel white as in E. alUzonata. It 

 is figured by Hanley, C. I. pi. 149, fig. 7. 



E. agastyce is similar to E. travancorica, but thinner, less sharply 

 keeled, more swollen below, and more finely sculptured, with the 

 lower surface less polished than that of E. travancorica. 



Major diam. 34, min. 30, axis 22| mm. 



Hob. Agastyamalai near Cape Comorin, 4000 feet (Beddome). 



88. Euplecta indica, Pfr. (Helix) Symb. iii, 1846, p. 66 ; id. Mon. 



Hel. i, 1847, p. 80 ; id. t. c. vii, 1876, p. 132 ; Rv. Conch. Ic. 



no. 448; H. fy T. (Helix) C. I. 1876, pi. 55, fig. 10; Elf. 



J. A. S. B. 1866, 2, p. 39 ; Neottl (Nanina), Hand-l. i, 1878, 



p. 31. 

 Helix oblita, Pfr. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 263 ; id. Mon. Hel. iii, 1853, 



p. 54 ; id. t. c. vii, 1876, p. 100. 

 Helix shiplayi, Pfr. P. Z. S. 1856, p. 327 ; id. Mon. Hel. iv, 1859, 



p. 38; H. # T. C. I. 1876, pi. 131, figs. 7, 10 ; Godwin-Austen, 



Mol. 2nd. ii, 1898, p. 102. 

 Euplecta malabarica, subsp., Elf. Proc. Mai. Soc. iv, p. 250, pi. 25, 



fig. 6 j E. A. Smith, Faun. Geoff. Maid. Lac. Is. p. 114. 



Shell perforate, subturbinate, lenticular, rather solid, isabelline 

 to fulvous throughout ; ornamented above with slightly arcuate 

 costulation, decussated by impressed spiral lines, which are often 

 obsolete, each rib bearing raised points or granules at subequal 

 distances ; spire conoid, with convex sides ; whorls 5|-6, slowly 



Fig. 33. Euplecta indica. 



increasing, convex, the last keeled, smooth beneath and radiately 

 striated with a few concentric impressed lines below the keel, 

 lower surface moderately swollen ; aperture oblique, angularly 

 lunate ; peristome obtuse, white, columellar margin oblique, 

 curved, briefly reflexed above. 



Major diam. 22, min. 19, axis 12 mm. 



[The animal of E. shiplayi has a very initmte right shell-lobe ; 

 no left shell-lobe. Left dorsal lobe similar to that of E. prce- 

 eminens. Formula of radula : 50 . 3 . 12 . 1 . 12 . 3 . 50, or 

 65 . 1 . 65. Lateral teeth bicuspid.] 



