90 Y1YIPA1UDJE. 



viridis, versus apicem fnscescens ; spira magis nrimisve elevatn, 

 exserta ; anfractibus convex!, ad suturam et basin obsolete, medio 

 acute carinati ; spiraliter et longitudinaliter striata ; sutura 

 simplex, impressa ; apertura ovata, intus alba, peristoma sub- 

 incrassatum, reflexiusculum, nigrum. 



Alt. 21, diam. 16 mm. 



Aperture: alt. 12-5, diam. 9 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



Var. ecarinata (Hanley d: Theobald), Conch. Ind. pi. 115, 

 fig. 9. 



The type of this variety is not available, and is probably lost; 

 the figure depicts an ecarinate shell with rounded whorJs and 

 painted with a narrow, brownish or blackish, subperipheral band 

 on the last whorl. 



Alt. 21, diam. 16*5 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



177. Vivipara lecythis (Benson}. 



Vivipara lecythis (Benson), J. A. S. B, v, 18S6, p. 745 (as Pnltt- 

 dina) j H. & T., C. I. pi. 76, fig. 6. 



Original description: Testa tentii, globoso-conica ampullacea, 

 olivacea, glabra, rugis obsoletis decussata ; spira obtusiuscula ; 

 anfractibus valde ventricosis, rotundatis; suturis excavatis ; 

 apertura intus violacea spiram longitudine superante ; peri- 

 tremate nigro, subreflexo ; umbilico evanescente. 



Alt. 50-5, diam. 42-25 mm. 



Nab. Upper Burma (Conch. Ind.). 



" . . . . It is a very thin shell in proportion to its volume. 

 The epidermis is greenish olive in young specimens, reddish 

 fuscous in the adult." 



Var. ampulliformis (Benson). 



Paludina ampulliformis, Eydoux & Souleyet, Vov. Bouite, Zool. 

 p. 549, pi. 31, tigs. 25-27 ; H. & T., C. I. pi. 76. tig. 7. 



Original description : Testa globosa, conico-clepressa, fusco- 

 nigricante ; anfractibus senis, ventricosis ; superioribus erosius- 

 culis ; apertura ovato-acuta, obliqua, intus iusca ; peristomate 

 continue ; umbilico angusto. Operculum corneum, ovatum, con- 

 centrice striatum. 



Alt. 35, diam. 30 mm. 



Hob. Upper Burma ; Cochin China. 



" Only differs from the type by the absence of the infra-sutural 

 angle." (Hanley fy Theobald.) 



