PLANISPIRA. 157 



125. Planispira contracta, Benson. 



Helix contracta (ITutton) Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, xiii, 1864, 



p. 137; Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. 55, figs. 



8 & 9. 



Helix (Planispira) contracta, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 77. 

 Helix (Trachia) contracta, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 181. 

 Helix (Plectotropis (Trachia}) contracta, Try on, Man. Conch. 



ser. 2, iv, 1888, p. 65, pi. 14, figs. 61, 62. 

 Planispira (Trachia) contracta, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, ix, 



1894, p. 116. 



Original description : " H. testa late umbilicata, depressa, 

 discoidea, oblique striatula, laevigata, nitidula, albida, fascia 

 rufescente supra angulum superiorem cincta ; spira planata, 

 apice vix elevatiore, sutura impressa ; anfractibus 4, sensim 

 accrescentibus, convexiusculis, ultimo supra peripheriam com- 

 pressiusculo subangulato, antice latiore oblique descendeote, subtus 

 convexo, umbilicuui mediocrem, medio anguste excavatum, sutu- 

 raque brevi profunda munitum circumstante ; apertura valde 

 obliqua, lata, ovato-luriari ; peristomate non continuo, superne 

 expausiusculo, subhorizontali, infra reflexiusculo, marginibus 

 conniventibus approxiraatis. 



" Diam. raaj. 18, inin. 10, alt. 4 mill." (Benson.) 



Hob. India : Malwa ; Pooree, Bhagulpur (Rabari) ; Benares 

 (Mainwaring) ; Delhi, Eoorkee ( Wood-Mason). 



Apparently a rare species, intermediate between P. nilagerica 

 and P. asperella. 



126. Planispira fallaciosa, Ferussac. 



Helix (Helicella) fallaciosa, Ferussac, Tabl. Syst, Limacons, 1821, 



p. 43 (uom. nud.) ; ibid., Hist. Nat. Moll. 1832, pi. 71, figs. 1-3, 



Expl. PI. p. iii (Livr. xxviii). 

 Helix fallaciosa, Pfeiffer, Symb. Hist. Helic. ii, 1842, p. 27 ; 



Deshayes in Ferussac, Hist. Nat. Moll, i, 1850, p. 54 ; Reeve, 



Conch. Icon, vii, 1852, pi. 85, fig. 459; Pfeiffer, Conch.-Cab., 



Helix, ii, 1853, p. 93, pi. 82, figs. 18-21 ; Hanley & Theobald, 



Conch. Ind. 1874, pi. 85, figs. 8, 9. 

 Helix ( Camccna) fallaciosa, Chenu, Man. Conchyl. i, 1860, p. 455, 



fig. 3397. 

 Helix ( Trachia) fallaciosa, von Martens, Die Helic. ed. 2, 1860, 



p. 160. 



Helix (Planispira) fallaciosa, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 77. 

 Helix (Plectotropis ('Trachia)) fallaciosa, Tryon, Man. Conch. 



ser. 2, iv, 1888, p. 64, pi. 14, figs. 68, 69. 

 Planispira ( Trachia) fallaciosa, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, ix, 



1894, p. 116. 

 Trachia fallaciosa, Jousseaume, M6m. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, 



p. 285. 



"H. testa orbiculato-depressa, discoidea, laevigata, alba, fusco- 

 zonata ; anfractibus planiusculis, ultimo cylindraceo, aliquando 



