516 MAJOR GODWIN-AUSTEN ON NEW INDIAN SHELLS. [Mar. 19, 



Iii this pretty new form the mouth has all the characters of Ennea 

 vara, Bs., of the Khasi Hills; its nearest ally is E. stenopylis, Bs.; 

 the difference, however, is strong as regards the shorter form of the 

 last named, its small, more contracted aperture and well costulated 

 whorls. I have, for the sake of comparison, given drawings of 

 these allied forms (figs. 5 and 6), to show the relative differences 

 of the three known species from the Khasi range of mountains. 



5. Bulimus (Harpalus) khasianus, sp. nov. (Plate XXX. 

 fig. 7.) 



Shell subperforate, ovately turreted or acutely ovate, thin, dia- 

 phanous, fresh specimens often glassy, becoming dull white or pale 

 straw-colour with age ; minutely striated under lens; spire conical, 

 apex blunt, suture moderate ; whorls 6-7, slightly convex, the body- 

 whorl large and tumid ; aperture vertical, semioval ; peristome 

 simple, sharp, rounded and arched considerably forward at the 

 upper angle ; the columella is curved forward from behind, and the 



margin slightly reflected. 



Large sp. Cherra-Poonjee sp. 



inch. inch. 



Alt 0-59 0-41 



Diam 0-28 0"20 



Apert. diam . . . . 0-16 0'12 



Apert. alt 0'29 023 



Animal with a short foot pointed behind, pale yellow tint ; eye- 

 tentacles dark to the base, lower very short. 



Hab. Khasi, Jaintia, and Ntiga Hills, in deep shady forest among 

 decaying wood and leaves at the foot of trees. 



It appears to be very close to Bid, jnttus, Bs. (Annals and Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., April 1857) from Tavoy. Specimens differ very much 

 in size from different collections. The shell is very finely developed 

 in the high parts of the North Cachar hills at 6000-7000 feet 

 (fig. 7). At Cherra Poonjee it assumes a more tumid form (fig. 7, a), 

 and it is very frequently dwarfed to the length of only 036 inch, 

 especially in its lower habitats ; but these variations are not of suffi- 

 cient specific importance. 



6. Bulimus (Harpalus) munipurensis, sp. nov. (Plate XXX. 

 fig. 8.) 



Shell rimate, elongately turreted, thin, covered with a pale ochre 

 or straw-coloured epidermis, and strongly and obliquely striated ; 

 spire turreted, apes blunt ; whorls 7^, convex, suture strongly im- 

 pressed ; aperture oblique, rounded below, milky white inside ; 

 peristome acute, outer and upper margin arched well forward ; colu- 

 mellar margin straight, strong, and slightly twisted forward ; a thin 

 white callus on the parietal margin. Animal pale orange, fainter 

 tint above the head ; foot short; eye-peduncles short, swollen at the 

 base, lower tentacles very short blunt projections. 



Alt. 088; diam. 0'30 ; apert. alt. 0*35, apert. lat. 0-17 inch. 



