166 HELICID^l. 



138. Planispira shanica, Beddome. 



Helix shanica, Beddome, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 314, pi. 29, figs. 10-12. 

 Chloritis (Trichochloritis] shanica, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, viii, 



1893, p. 275, pi. 51, figs. 39-41 ; ix, 1894, p. 124. 



Original description : " Shell narrowly umbilicate, depressedly 

 turbinate, rather solid; whorls 5, gradually increasing, rather 

 convex, the last subangulate at the periphery, slightly descending 

 towards the mouth, all furnished with a fine oblique striation, 

 more prominent on the last whorl ; colour a light fawn, darker at 

 the apex of the shell and near the mouth, a narrow dark band 

 just above the periphery ; aperture oblique, rotundately lunar ; 

 peristome slightly reflexed, dark fawn-coloured, the margins 

 distinct." (Beddome.) 



Major diam. 14, minor 13, alt 9'5 mm. 



Nab. Burma : Shan States (Boxall}. 



A close examination of the type, in the British Museum, has 

 convinced me that this species is a Tracliia, not a Chloritis. There 

 is no sign of any hair-scars. In the original description the shell 

 is said to be finely striated, the striae being more prominent on 

 the last whorl. I find, however, that the last whorl is distinctly 

 plicate-striate, almost ribbed, approaching P. crassicostata in this 

 respect. 



139. Planispira fritillata, Benson. 



Helix fritillata, Benson, A.M.N.H. ser. 3, xi, 1863, p. 320; 



Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1874, pi, 86, figs. 8-10. 

 Helix (Patula (Punctum)) fritillata, Tryon, Man. Conch, ser. 2, 



iii, 1887, p. 33, pi. 22, figs. 17-19. 



Original description: " H. testa perspective umbilicata, depresso- 

 subconoidea, arcuatim costulato-striata, subtus Ia3viore polita, 

 superne striis confertis spiralibus impressis decussata, interstitiis 

 conspicue quadrato-granulatis, pallide cornea ; spira convexa, 

 subconoidea, apice obtuso, Ia3vigato, sutura profunda ; anfracti- 

 bus 6, angustis, lente accrescentibus, convexis, ultimo dernum 

 latiusculo, extus depresso, antice vix descendente, subtus valde 

 convexo, circa umbilicum excavate ; apertura obliqua, oblique 

 semiovato-lunata, peristomate superne tenui, valde arcuato, subtus 

 breviter expansiusculo, arcuato, extus marginato, marginibus 

 remotioribus. 



"Diam. maj. 13, min. 12, axis 7 mill." (Benson.} 



Hob. Burma, Pegu. 



Genus CHLORITIS, Beck. 



Chloritis, Beck, Index Moll. 1838, p. 29; Gray, P.Z.S. 1847, 

 p. 172 ; Albers, Die Helic. 1850, p. 91 ; von Martens, ibid, 

 ed. 2, 1860, p. 161 ; Mollendorff, P.Z. S. 1891, p. 335; Pilsbry, 

 Man. Conch, ser. 2, vi, 1891, p. 242; viii, 1893, p. 270; ix, 



1894, p. 117, pi. 28, figs. 1, 2 (anatomy ; C. porteri). 



