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86. Paludomus inflata, Brot. 



Paludomus infata, Brot, Conch .-Cab. ii, 1879, p. 44, pi. 8, 

 tigs. 25, 26 ; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 295. 



Original description : Testa globosa-turrita, solidiuscula, lutes- 

 centi-olivacea, profuse et distincte nigro undulatim fasciata et 

 punctata. Spira erosa, sat exserta, anfr. 3 persist, declivi-convexi- 

 usculi, longitudinaliter inaequaliter sulcati; anfr. ultimus subito 

 globose dilatatus, sulcis longitudinalibus superficial! bus, infra 

 suturam constrictus deinde gibboso-inflatus. Apertura late ovata, 

 intus vivide maculata et strigata, superne acuminata, basi obtuse 

 subangulata; columella arcuata incrassata; callo parietal! dis- 

 tincto; margine dextro acuto, superne impresso, deinde valde 

 arcuato. Opercul. typicum. 



Alt. 18, diam. 14 mm. (eroded, 3 whorls remaining). 



Aperture: alt. 11, diam. 7 mm. 



Halt. Travancore (Hanley, Beddome) ; Amerghat ; Tinnevelly 

 (Beddome). 



87. Paludomus striatula, Nevill. 



Paludomus striatula, Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 297. 



" In Brot's pi. 7, figs. 7, 8, in the Conch.-Cab., P. isseli from 

 Borneo gives an exact representation of this ne\v and rare Ceylon 

 form ; the well-developed, crowded, almost granulose spiral 

 striation will at once distinguish it." (Nevill.) 



Alt. 18, diam. 13-5 mm. (Strongly decollate, two whorls only 

 remaining). 



Hob. Ceylon (type) (H. Nevill). 



Brot's figures appear to depict a conically fusiform, solid, light- 

 brown form, with yellowish labrum and aperture; they do not, 

 however, give any appearance of spiral sculpture. 



88. Paludomus travancorica, Blanford. 



Paludomus travancorica, Blauford, J. A. S. B. xlix, pt. 2, p. 219, 

 pi. 2, fig. 22. 



Original description : Shell imperforate, ovately conical, rather 

 thick, covered with a dark-brown epidermis ; beneath the epi- 

 dermis white, with narrow vertical, very wavy dark purple stripes ; 

 all the whorls spirally ribbed, the ribs rather close together, with 

 the interspaces smooth, the striae of growth being inconspicuous. 

 Spire conical, apex eroded (doubtless acute when perfect), suture 

 impressed. Whorls remaining 3 (probably in the perfect shell 

 5 or 6), convex, the last exceeding half the length of the shell. 

 Aperture nearly vertical, ovate, angulate at the posterior ex- 

 tremity, bluish white, with conspicuous, close, vertical, wavy, deep 

 purple bands within ; peristome in one plane, the external margin 



