PUPILLA. 289 



the Cuming collection in the British Museum, measuring 

 1*75 x 1*1 mm. The type cannot, unfortunately, be found, 

 Dr. Doncaster informing me that a diligent search for it has 

 proved fruitless. The species is characterized by the lamellate 

 striae and the short spire as compared with the diameter. 



The true position of this species is somewhat doubtful. Adams, 

 Pfeiffer, and JSTevill placed it in Vertigo, doubtless owing to 

 Benson's observation that "the lower pair of tentaculais deficient 

 or inconspicuous, as in Vertigo" As the latter is characterized by 

 the absence of the lower pair of tentacles and Benson does not 

 definitely state that these organs are absent in the species, the 

 reference to Vertigo does not seem warranted, especially since the 

 shell does not, as regards texture, shape, and conformation, 

 assimilate well with the other forms of that genus. Pfeiffer 

 appears to have modified his original opinion, for in the ' Nomen- 

 clator ' the species was placed in the section Pupilla of the genus 

 Pupa. While its inclusion in the group of P. muscorum is out of 

 the question, brevicostis may be retained in the genus Pupilla in 

 its wider sense, as now understood, until an investigation of its 

 anatomy shall prove the contrary. 



258. Pupilla salemensis, Blanford. 



Ennea salemensis, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxx, 1861, p. 359. 



Pupa salemensis, Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 318 ; Hanley 



& Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1876, pi. 160, fig. 9. 

 Pupa salemanensis, Sowerby, Conch. Icon, xx, 1876, Pupa, pi. 7, 



iig. 62. 

 Pupa (Pupilla) salemensis, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 



1881, p. 354. 



Original description : " Testa rimata, ovato-oblonga, oblique 

 striata, fulvida : spira elevata, conoidea, apice obtuso : sutura 

 impressa ; anfr. 4^; superiores convexiusculi, inferiores sub- 

 planulati, ultimus pone aperturam medio excavatus, f longitudinis 

 subsequans, antice arcuatim ascendens. juxta suturam et infra 

 compressus. Apertura reniformis ; columella recedens, superne 

 callosa. Dentes parietales 2 compressi. Peristoma expansum, 

 labio externo flexuose excavate 1 dentato. 



"Long. 1-6, diam. maj. 1, apert. alt. O6 mm." (Blanford.) 



Hal). India : Kalryen Hills (Foote). 



" This little shell belongs to a type distinct from that of Ennea 

 pirriei and the other S. Indian species, and is more closely allied 

 to the Cuttack sp. E. seriola. From this it is distinguished by its 

 more conoidal form and the possession of two well-developed 

 parietal, and one palatal tooth, whereas the Cuttack shell has but 

 one minute parietal tooth. Moreover, the mouth is smaller and 

 more constricted. Two specimens were received from Mr. Foote, 

 both somewhat weathered." (Blanford.) 



