94 Mr. W. H. Benson on neio Land Shells from Ceylon. 



striis versus apicem confertissimis, pellucida, virente-cornea, po- 

 lita, superne convexiuscula, apice planato, sutura vix marginata ; 

 anfractibus 3\, rapide accrescentibus, ultimo antice lato, subtus 

 planulato, ad periphseriam angustam rotundato ; apertura obliqua, 

 ovata, margine superiori prorsus arcuato. 



Diam. major 11, minor 8, alt. 4 mill. 



Hab. ad portas montanas Balcadua dictas, lapidibus adhserens. 



11. Achatina Veruina, nobis. 



Testa cylindraceo-turrita, valde elongata, sordide albida, inaequaliter 

 striata, spira superne sensim attenuata, sutura impressa, crenulata, 

 apice obtuso ; anfractibus 1 2^-1 3 angustis cylindricis, ultimo ^^j- lon- 

 gitudinis vix sequante ; apertura verticali, truncato-ovali, peristo- 

 mate recto, acuto, margine columellari leviter arcuato. 



Long. 25, diam. 5 mill. 



Hab. ad Nalande. 



12. Achatina pachycheila, nobis. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, striatula, striis exilissimis confertis, obsoletis, 

 spiraliter sub lente decussata, nitida fuscescente-cornea, translu- 

 cente, spira elongata, subconica, apice obtuso, sutura leviter im- 

 pressa ; anfractibus 6, vix convexiusculis, ultimo \ longitudinis vix 

 sequante ; apertura verticali, oblongo-ovata, peristomate intus al- 

 bido-marginata, columella prsearcuata, margine basali incrassato. 



Axis 11, diam. 5 mill. 



Hab. ad Heneratgodde. 



This little species of a group^ which has so many representa- 

 tives in Ceylon, the Nilgherries, and the damp woody moun- 

 tains of North-eastern India, with a more slender form than 

 A. Oreas, nobis, is well distinguished from the allied forms by 

 its peculiar sculpture under the lens, and by the internal incras- 

 sation of the peristome, a feature which is also observable in the 

 species A. crassilabris, nobis, from North-eastern India. 



13. Bulimus Panos, nobis. 



Testa rimata, ovato-oblonga, subrugose striata, cornea, spira elon- 

 gato-conica, sutura mediocri, apice obtuso ; anfractibus 6^ convexi- 

 usculis, ultimo f longitudinis vix sequante, antice subascendente, 

 apertura ovata, edentula; peristomate expansiusculo, acuto, mar- 

 ginibus conniventibus, columellari breviter dilatato, albido. 



Long. 11, diam. 5 mill. 



Hab. ad Nalande. 



This shell has a Pupiform aspect. 



14. Pupa Muscerda, nobis. 



Testa rimata, ovato-oblonga, striatula, cornea, spira elongata, apice 

 obtuso ; anfractibus 51-6, convexiusculis, ultimo tertiam partem 



