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  NOTES. 
  

  

  Note 
  on 
  Magrochlamys{Eurychla3iys) 
  FLATycHZAivrs 
  (Blanforj)), 
  

   ETC. 
  (Bead 
  1th 
  April, 
  1911.) 
  — 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  following 
  

   notes 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  this 
  small 
  mollusc, 
  made 
  by 
  me 
  in 
  Bombay 
  about 
  

   1898, 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  The 
  animal 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  bluish 
  colour, 
  the 
  horn 
  

   on 
  the 
  mucous 
  pore 
  is 
  well 
  marked, 
  and 
  the 
  mantle 
  has 
  two 
  broad 
  shell- 
  

   polishing 
  lobes, 
  each 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  long, 
  one 
  protruding 
  

   backwards 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  forwards, 
  over 
  the 
  shell. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  most 
  lively 
  in 
  very 
  damp 
  weather, 
  and 
  crawls 
  at 
  an 
  astonishing 
  

   pace, 
  but 
  if 
  allowed 
  to 
  get 
  dry, 
  when 
  in 
  captivity, 
  dies 
  immediately. 
  It 
  is 
  

   distinctly 
  carnivorous 
  ; 
  a 
  Succinea, 
  crushed 
  by 
  accident 
  in 
  its 
  presence, 
  

   was 
  devoured 
  on 
  the 
  spot. 
  

  

  Ariophanta 
  bajaclera 
  (PfeiiFer), 
  a 
  much 
  larger 
  species, 
  was 
  attacked 
  

   while 
  crawling 
  on 
  my 
  table. 
  The 
  Meter 
  ochlamys 
  climbed 
  into 
  its 
  shell 
  and 
  

   bit 
  it 
  savagely 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  The 
  Ariophanta 
  got 
  rid 
  of 
  its 
  assailant 
  by 
  

   swinging 
  its 
  shell 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side. 
  On 
  one 
  occasion 
  a 
  specimen 
  hung 
  

   from 
  my 
  finger 
  by 
  a 
  thread 
  of 
  mucous 
  3 
  inches 
  long 
  ; 
  at 
  this 
  poin 
  t 
  

   I 
  unfortunately 
  let 
  him 
  touch 
  the 
  ground, 
  so 
  did 
  not 
  discover 
  how 
  mu.ch 
  

   longer 
  he 
  might 
  have 
  made 
  his 
  thread. 
  

  

  Macrochlamys 
  pedina 
  (Bens.), 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  commonest 
  Bombay 
  snails, 
  is 
  

   also 
  carnivorous. 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  them 
  engaged 
  in 
  a 
  cannibal 
  feast 
  over 
  dead 
  

   comrades 
  crushed 
  in 
  the 
  road, 
  and 
  have 
  also 
  seen 
  one 
  busy 
  on 
  the 
  half- 
  

   emptied 
  shell 
  of 
  Ariophanta 
  Icevipes 
  (MlilL). 
  

  

  I 
  regret 
  that 
  I 
  did 
  not 
  pursue 
  these 
  investigations 
  further. 
  Specimens 
  

   of 
  M. 
  platychlamys 
  were 
  scarce, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  more 
  interested 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  in 
  

   collecting 
  good 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  shells 
  than 
  in 
  observing 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   beasts. 
  

  

  A. 
  J. 
  Peile. 
  

  

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