248 ENID.E. 



Buliminus eremita, von Martens, Malak. Blatt. xv, 1868, p. 161 ; 

 ibid., Imp. Obsh. Lyubi. Estest. Antrop. Etnoghr. xi, part 1, 

 1874, p. 18, pi. 2, fig. 13 ; Ancey, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, xviii, 

 1893, p. 43; Westerlund, Syn.Moll. Extramar. Reg. Palzearct. i, 

 1897, p. 7. 



Buliminus (Petraeus) eremita, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 134. 



Bulimina (Petraeus) eremita, Pfeiffer & Olessin, Nomencl. Helic. 

 Viv. 1881, p. 287. 



Buliminus (Subzebrinus) eremita, Westerlund, Fauna Palaarct. 

 Binnenconchyl. iii, 1887, p. 66 ; ibid., Katal. Palaarct. Binnen- 

 conch. 1890, p. 90; Kobelt in Eossmassler, Iconogr. iv, 1876, 

 p. 62, pi. 135, fig. 1330, New Series, iii, 1888, pp. 38, 39, pi. 100, 

 figs. 574, 575, 578, x, 1903, p. 55, pi. 291, fig. 1872 ; ibid., 

 Conch.-Cab., Farn. Buliminidae, 1902, p. 951, pi. 133, fig. 7. 



Pupa spelaa, Hutton, J. A. S. B. xviii, 1849, p. 653. 



Original description : " Shell cylindrically oblong, rather deeply 

 umbilicated, whorls eight in number, convex, obscurely rather 

 irregularly striated, aperture obliquely produced, columella broad, 

 lip a little expanded ; bluish white." (Reeve.) 



Long. 18-22, diam. 7'5-9 mm. 



Hob. India : Salt Range, Punjab (Theobald) ; Subathor, near 

 Simla (Hutton) ; Lundi Kotal (Spratt). Tibet (Mus. Cuming). 

 Afghanistan : Bolan Pass (Hutton). 



Two specimens in the British Museum labelled " Pupa spelcea, 

 Bolan Pass," received from Capt. Hutton, have convinced me that 

 this form is cospecific with Bulimus eremita. They are indeed a 

 trifle darker in colour and have the outer margin of the peri- 

 stome not quite so much curved, but these slight differences are 

 insufficient for separating the two forms. Both names having 

 been published in 1849, 1 was at first uncertain which had priority. 

 The sheet accompanying plate 78 of the Conchologia Iconica is 

 dated September 1849, and although I have been unable to trace 

 the actual date on which the part of the Journal of the Asiatic 

 Society, containing Hutton's description, was issued, Mr. C. D. 

 Sherborn informs me that it was certainly after September. 

 Under these circumstances Reeve's name must be adopted for the 

 species. 



Ena eremita varies considerably, and some forms approach 

 E. sindica on the one hand, and E. salsicola on the other. It has, 

 however, a larger diameter in proportion to its length than the 

 former, and is less convex in the spire than the latter. 



220. Ena salsicola, Benson. 



Bulimus salsicola, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xix, 1857, p. 327 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. iv, 1859, p. 423 ; Hanley & Theobald, 



Conch. Ind. 1870, pi. 20, fig. 8. 



Buliminus (Petraeus) salsicola, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 134. 

 Bulimina (Petraeus) salsicola, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 287. 



