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lescente ; labro incrassato, albo ; labro acuto. Operculum corneum, 

 fusco-nigrum, concentrice striatum. 



Alt. 20, diam. 14 mm. 



Hob. Ganges. 



According to a note appended to the original description the 

 animal is of a blackish-brown colour. 



95. Paludomus nasuta, Dolirn. 



Paludomus nasuta, Dolirn, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 123 ; H. & T., C. I. 

 pi. 124, fig. 7. 



Original description : Testa solida, oblongo-conica, apice acuto, 

 nigrescens, versus apicem albicans, ad suturam linea valde im- 

 pressa distincta, obsolete decussata; anfractus quatuor convexi- 

 usculi, ultimus inedio leviter angulatus ; apertura simplex, oblonga, 

 albida. Operc. ? 



Alt. 12, diam. 8 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 7'5, diam. 4-5 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



96. Paludomus abbreviata, Reeve. 



Paludomus abbreviata, Reeve, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 127 ; H. & T., C. I. 

 pi. 125, fig. 7. 



Original description : Testa abbreviato-ovata, solida, Keritiuse- 

 formi, spira brevissima ; anfracttbus superne plano-declivibus, 

 deinde convexis, laevibus ; apertura subampla ; olivacea, lineis 

 duabus fuscis interdum obsolete cingulata, aperture fauce fasciata. 



The following measurements are taken from the figure in the 

 ' Conchologia Indica ' : 



Alt. 20-5, diam. 16 mm. 



Nab. Ceylon. 



Of a solid JKeritina-like form. 



97. Paludomus acuta, Reeve. 



Paludomus acuta, Keeve, P. Z. S. 1852, p. 127 ; H. & T., C. I. 

 pi. 123, fig. 7. 



Original description : Testa acuminata-turbinata, spira acuta; 

 anfractibus rotundatis, ad suturam excavatis et lineatis, medio 

 liueis incisis cingulatis ; apertura parva, virescenti-olivacea. 



The measurements of the figure in the * Conchologia Indica ' 

 are as below : 



Alt. 17-25, diam. 10-75 mm. 



Hob. Near Pondicherry. 



The apex of the shell, which in most species is eroded, is here 

 sharply developed. The whorls are characterized by being encircled 

 round the middle with conspicuous engraved lines. 



