HELIX-^GISTA. 195 



Section ^EGISTA Albers. 



H. MITANENSIS Godwin-Austen. Unfigured. 



Shell globosely pyramidal, openly umbilicated, sculpture smooth, 

 the shell covered with a thick epidermis, having a finely papillate 

 structure ; color dark olive-green or pale umber ; spire conic, high, 

 apex blunt ; suture impressed ; whorls 6, rather convex and 

 rounded below, the last descending abruptly at the aperture ; aper- 

 ture circular ; peristome strong, white, with a sinuate margin above ; 

 columellar margin oblique. 



Size, maj. diam. 10'9, min. 9*4 ; alt. axis 6*7, body-whorl 5*2 mill. 



Animal with dark tentacles, long and fine ; body papillate near 

 the head, pale, dusky on the upper surface ; foot short behind and 

 pointed. In some specimens the head and tentacles were jet black, 

 the rest of the body pale indigo (G.-A.) 



Milan, under Moo-le-it Range, Moulmein. 



Helix (^Egista) mitanensis G.-A., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6), iii, p. 

 108, Feb., 1889. 



H. GRUMULUS God win- Austen. PI. 56, fig. 9. 



Shell depressedly conoid, keeled, widely umbilicated ; sculpture 

 a rough epidermis covered with small spots in relief; the periphery 

 set with regular, short, thick-based hairs ; color ochraceous ; spire 

 flatly pyramidal ; side slightly convex ; apex rounded, suture shal- 

 low ; whorls 5, sides flatly convex ; aperture semilunate ; peristome 

 slightly reflected, columellar margins subvertical. 



Size, maj. diam. 8'5, min. 7'8 ; alt. axis 3'5 mill. (G.-A.) 



Borneo (in spirit), exact locality unknown (A. Everett). 



Helix (jEgista) grumulus G.-A., P. Z. S. 1891, p. 43, t. 5, f. 2. 



This is the nearest approach to Helix huttoni group of India that 

 I have seen from this island ; the odontophore is like that of Helix; 

 the mantle margin is simple. ( G.-A.) 



H. PUDICA Godwin-Austen. PL 56, figs. 17, 18. 



Shell depressedly conoid, subangulately keeled, narrowly umbili- 

 cated, hidden by the columellar reflection ; sculpture a slightly 

 roughened or shagreen-like surface ; color pale ochraceous, with a 

 snowy-white peristome; spire flatly conoid, low ; apex rounded ; 

 suture shallow ; whorls 4, sides flat, a shallow depression near the 



