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rounded periphery, a little descending in front, base convex ; peris- 

 tome expanded, margins approximating. Diam. 14 mill. 



Var. minor. Diam. 7 mill. 



Eastern India. 



It is H. granifera, Benson, Ms. 



H. PROXIMA, Fer. PL 14, fig. 72. 



Moderately umbilicated, lightly striate, shining, white, base 

 brownish, lineated with brown ; whorls 5, the last rounded, de- 

 flected in front ; aperture brownish, peristome expanded, reflected 

 below, margins joined by a callus. Diam. 24 mill. 



Eastern India. 



H. PENANGKNSIS, Stoliczka, PI. 14, figs. 52-54. 



Moderately umbilicated, thin, corneous, epidermis yellowish 

 brown, closely, shortly pilose, suture deep, subchanneled ; whorls 

 4v-, convex, the last a little descending at the aperture, base ob- 

 tusely angulated round the umbilicus ; peristome light violaceous, 

 expanded, narrowly reflected. Diam. 16 mill. 



Penang. 

 H. PROPINQUA, Pfr. PL 14, figs. 55-57. 



Rather narrowly umbilicated, thin, striulate, whitish or light 

 brownish, with a superior narrow chestnut band ; whorls 4-5, the 

 last rounded, anteriorly deflected ; peristome white, sublabiate, ex- 

 panded. Diam. 16-19 mill. 



Near Bombay, India. 

 H. HELFERI, Benson. PL 14, figs. 59, 60. 



Narrowly, perspectively umbilicated, fpveolate and obliquely 

 striulate, epidermis sparsely hispid, brownish, with a narrow su- 

 perior chestnut band, suture impressed, submargined; whorls 4i, 

 slightly convex, the last descending in front, obsoletely angulated 

 above the periphery, a little compressed around the suddenly ex- 

 cavated umbilicus; peristome expanded, margins approximating, 



joined by a thin callus. Diam. 12 mill. 



Andaman Is. 



H. RUGINOSA, Fe*r. PL 14, figs. 65-67. 



Moderately umbilicated, whitish, obliquely plicate; whorls 4, 

 flattened above, the last shortly deflected in front, periphery sub- 

 angulated, base inflated ; peristome thin, white, shortly expanded, 

 reflected below. Diam. 13 mill. 



Bengal. 



