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testae sequante, vix ascendente ; apertura ovata, tridentata, peri- 

 stomate expanse, acuto, marginibus conniventibus, columellari di- 

 latato, albido, plica parietal! 1, columellari 1, profundiusculis, deute 

 palatal! 1, depresso, obtuso. 



Long. 4, d!am. 1^ mill. 



Hab. ad promontorium " Pedro " dictum. 



Found by Mr. E. Layard in old posts, and on Palmyra trees 

 {Borassus Jiabelliformis). 



15. Pupa Mimula, nobis. 



Testa rimata, ovato-oblonga, subcylindracea, oblique tenuiter plica- 

 tula, pallide cornea, apice obtuso, sutura profundiuscula ; anfrac- 

 tibus 5, convexis, ultimo vix ascendente ; apertura ovata, verticali, 

 5-plicata, peristomate tenui, expanso, marginibus callo tenui ex- 

 panso junctis, plica 1 intrante, majuscula, parietali, 1 columellari, 

 1 basali profunda, 2 palatalibus profundis. 



Long. 2, diam. 1 mill. 



Hab. in vitibus ad Promontorium Pedronis. 



A minute species nearly allied to, and somewhat larger than 

 the Himalayan P. Huttoniana, nobis. It was taken in abundance 

 by Mr. Layard. 



16. Cataulus Austenianus, nobis. 



Testa subperforata, ovato-pyramidata, solidiuscula, eleganter oblique 

 costulato-striata, sericea, diaphana, saturate rubro-castauea, spira 

 turrita, sutura impressa, apice acutiusculo ; anfractibus 8, convexi- 

 usculis, ultimo antice subascendeute, carina basali, compressa, 

 prominente, subfuniculata, antice non dilatata ; apertura subcir- 

 culari, obliqua, sursum spectante, peristomate duplici, incrassato, 

 saturate fusco-aurantiaco, interno continue, breviter adnato, externo 

 fornicatim patente reflexo, superne et ad columellam subauriculato- 

 dilatato, canali basali aperto, intus vix strictiore, ad sinistram per- 

 forate : operculo spiraliter laminate, anfractus multos appressos 

 reconditos exhibente, facie exteriori anfractos plures angustos meu- 

 tiente. 



Diam. 13|, alt. 25 mill. 



Hab. ad Heneratgedde in rimis saxorum. 



Allied in form and size to Cataulus pyramidatus, Pfeiffer, but 

 differs in sculpture, position of the canal, colour of aperture, &c. 

 It was taken by Mr. Edgar L. Layard in the deep tissure of a 

 limestone rock, among the vegetable mould, where it lay con- 

 cealed under the surface, \nth the mouth do^vnwards, among the 

 roots of an ancient Ficus Indica. In some specimens the last 

 whorl is more swollen than in others. 



Mr. Layard has communicated the following description of the 

 animal in a letter written on the spot : — 



