198 HELICULE. 



170. Ganesella galea, Benson. 



Helix galea, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, iii, 1859, p. 388 ; Hanley 



& Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. 54, fig. 7. 

 Nanina (Sesara) galea, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 53. 

 Trochomorpha (Nigritelld) galea, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 82. 

 Helix (Patula ( Trochomorpha)) galea, Tryon, Man. Conch, ser. 2, iii, 



1887, p. 75, pi. 14, fig. 4. 

 Ganesella galea, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, ix, 1895, p. 170. 



Original description: " Testa vix perforata, conica, trochiformi, 

 oblique striatula.striisconfertissimisspiralibus granulosis decussata, 

 albida (decorticata) ; spira regulariter conica, apice acutiusculo, 

 suttira impressiuscula, submarginata ; anfractibus 7, superioribus 

 convexiusculis, turn planulatis. ultimo non descendeate, acute 

 carinato, subtus planulato, prope carinam leviter excavato ; 

 apertura valde obliqua, trans versa, anguste angulari-lunata, 

 peristomatis margine superior! recto, basali arcuato, intus 

 incrassato, columellari superne reflexiusculo perforationem sub- 

 tegente." 



" Diam. maj. vix 9, min. 8, axis 5 J mill." (Benson.} 



Hob. India: Teria Ghat (Theobald)-, Naga and Khasi Hills 

 (Godwin-Austen, W. Roberts). 



The systematic position ot" this species is somewhat uncertain. 

 Nevill referred it to Sesara, a genus with which it does not seem 

 to have any affinity. Pfeiffer and Clessin included it in 

 Trochomorpha, which appears equally wide of the mark. Professor 

 Pilsbry, with his usual acumen, in placing it in Ganesella, has 

 shown a truer appreciation of its relationship as far as shell- 

 characters enable us to judge. Nevertheless the microscopic, but 

 distinctly strong, decussation of the upper side is somewhat 

 abnormal in the genus, but until an examination of the animal 

 shall prove the contrary I consider it advisable to retain the species 

 in Ganesella. The only specimen I have seen is in the Theobald 

 collection and agrees well with Benson's description, except that 

 the last whorl is shortly and abruptly deflected in front. Like 

 the type this shell is much decorticated, and it is probably one of 

 the original lot. 



Subfamily HELICLNUE 

 Genus EULOTA, Hartmann. 



Eulota, Hartmann, Erd- imd Siissw. Gastr. Schweiz, 1842, p. 179 ; 

 Mollendorff, Nachr. Blatt D. Malak. Ges. xxiv, 1892, p. 87 ; 

 Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, ix, 1895, pp. 200, 202, pi. 65, 

 figs. 1-6, pi. 66, figs. 18-24 (anatomy). 



TYPE, Helix fruticum, Miiller. 



Range. Asia. Central Europe (one species). 



" Shell globose-conoid or globose-depressed, umbilicated, rather 



