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towards the mouth and more deeply descending in front ; the 

 spire is more raised and the umbilicus narrower. 



Hob. Burma : Tavoy and Moulmain (Stoliczka) ; Bassein and 

 Arakan Hills (Stanford, Kurz). 



Var. fasciata, Godwin- Austen. 



Helix delibrata, var. fasciata, God win- Austen, J. A. S. B. xliv, 



1875, p. 1, pi. 1, fig. 1. 

 Helix (Plectotropis (Trachia)) delibrata, var. fasciata, Tryon, Man. 



Conch, ser. 2, iv, 1888, p. 64, pi. 14, fig. 76. 



Variously ornamented with brown bands. The commonest 

 form appears to be one with a single supra-peripheral band. 



Hob. India: W. Khasi Hills (Godwin-Austen) ; Sibsagar (Peal). 



Var. khasiensis, Nevill. 



Helix delibrata, Hartley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. 14, 



fig. 9. 

 Helix (Trachia) delibrata, var. khasiensis, Nevill, J. A. S. B. xlvi, 



1877, p. 21. 



Characterized by the raised and rounded whorls, less open 

 umbilicus and contracted aperture. 

 Hob. India: Khasi Hills, Naga Hills. 



146. Chloritis gabata, Gould. 



Helix (Caracolla) gabata, Gould, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist, iv, 



1844, p. 454, pi. 24, fig. 9. 

 Helix gabata, Keeve, Conch. Icon, vii, 1852, pi. 127, fig. 766 ; 



Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. 14, fig. 4 ; Pfeiffer, 



Conch.-Cab., Helix, iii, 1881, p. 482, pi. 159, figs. 15-17. 

 Plectotropis gabata, Wallace, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 408. 

 Trachia gabata, Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 228. 

 Helix (Planispira) gabata, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 70. 

 Helix (Philidora) gabata, von Martens, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, 



xxi, 1887, p. 162. 

 Helix (Plectotropis) gabata, Tryon, Man. Conch, ser. 2, iv, 1888, 



p. 57, pi. 14, fig. 82. 

 Helix (Trachia) gabata, Tapparone Canefri, Ann. Mus. Civ. 



Geneva, ser. 2, vii, 1889, p. 325. 

 Planispira (Trachia) gabata, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, ix, 1894, 



p. 116. 

 Chloritis (Trichochloritis) gabata, Gude, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, 



vii, 1906, p. 115. 



(h^iginal description : " Testa albido-cornea, supra planulata, 

 infra valde convexa, late et prof unde umbilicata ; anfr. 41, leviter 

 striatis, ultimo carina castanea circiundato ; apertura subquadrata, 

 labro albo reflexo. 



"Shell pale horn-color, shining, showing about four and a 

 half whorls above, which compose a nearly discoidal spire ; suture 

 distinct ; the last whorl somewhat channelled near the periphery, 

 which consists of a prominent, obtuse, compressed, chestnut- 

 coloured carina, fully developed to the lip ; beneath, greatly 



