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  DESCEIPTION 
  OF 
  OXYTES 
  BEDDOMEI, 
  N.SP., 
  FROM 
  

   UPPEE 
  BURMA. 
  

  

  By 
  Lieut. 
  -Col. 
  H. 
  H. 
  Godwin-Austkn, 
  F.R.S. 
  

  

  Read 
  1th 
  April, 
  1911. 
  

  

  OxYTES 
  Beddomei, 
  n.sp. 
  Figs. 
  A, 
  B. 
  

  

  Shell 
  narrowly 
  umbilicated, 
  depressed, 
  lenticular, 
  well 
  keeled, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  flattened 
  below, 
  with 
  oblique, 
  regular 
  transverse 
  strise, 
  on 
  the 
  

   second 
  whorl 
  under 
  high 
  power 
  ; 
  three 
  to 
  four 
  fine 
  longitudinal 
  

   impressed 
  lines 
  render 
  the 
  strise 
  discontinuous 
  ; 
  this 
  disappears 
  on 
  the 
  

   last 
  three 
  whorls. 
  Colour 
  pale 
  ochraceous, 
  with 
  a 
  violet 
  tinge 
  at 
  the 
  

   apex 
  in 
  one 
  specimen, 
  and 
  paler 
  below 
  ; 
  spire 
  low, 
  apex 
  rounded, 
  

   sides 
  flatly 
  convex 
  ; 
  suture 
  shallow 
  ; 
  whorls 
  6, 
  regularly 
  increasing, 
  

   flatly 
  convex 
  ; 
  aperture 
  semi-lunate, 
  oblique 
  ; 
  peristome 
  thin, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  sinuate 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  margin, 
  thicker 
  near 
  the 
  upper 
  angle 
  of 
  

   the 
  aperture 
  ; 
  coluraellar 
  margin 
  scarcely 
  reflected, 
  sharp, 
  obliquely 
  

   descending. 
  Maj. 
  diam. 
  38-5, 
  min. 
  34'3 
  mm. 
  ; 
  alt. 
  axis, 
  11 
  -5 
  mm. 
  

  

  mt 
  

  

  Hah. 
  — 
  Ruby 
  Mines, 
  Upper 
  Burma. 
  (Mr. 
  Lace, 
  Forest 
  Department.) 
  

   Two 
  specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  me 
  by 
  Colonel 
  Beddome 
  last 
  autumn 
  

   for 
  examination 
  and 
  comparison 
  with 
  species 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  

   I 
  considered 
  them 
  new, 
  and 
  Colonel 
  Beddome, 
  writing 
  to 
  me 
  on 
  

   16th 
  January, 
  said: 
  "You 
  had 
  better 
  describe 
  the 
  new 
  Oxytes 
  ; 
  

   it 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lace 
  (Forest 
  Officer) 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  at 
  

   the 
  Ruby 
  Mines 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  You 
  can 
  give 
  my 
  new 
  Oxytes 
  to 
  the 
  

   Museum." 
  

  

  Having 
  other 
  work 
  to 
  do, 
  the 
  description 
  was 
  deferred, 
  and 
  now, 
  

  

  