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whorls 6, convex, gradually increasing, all the whorls plicated, but 

 the plications on the last not reaching the periphery, the upper 

 surface of the last whorl sometimes furnished with two thin, whitish, 

 concentric lines, one near the periphery, the other near the suture, 

 sometimes very indistinct or altogether absent ; periphery bluntly 

 angled, with sometimes a second less prominent ridge below it ; aper- 

 ture nearly vertical, lunate. Diameter finch, height j^-^ inch. 



Hab. Near the summit of the Peringuiida Hill, on the Coimhatore 

 side of the Anamallays, at about 5000 feet elevation, in moist woods. 



Nearly allied to the Khasyan M. plicifera, Blanford, but a smaller 

 shell, less phcated, and with a shining epidermis. Type in the 

 Natural History Museum, South Kensington. 



Trochomorpha STJBNiGRiTELLA, sp. nov. (Plate XXIX. figs. 

 4,5,6.) 



Shell moderately umbilicate, depressedly turbinate, quite rounded 

 at the apex ; whorls 6, very gradually increasing, faintly striated, the 

 last sharply angled at the periphery, nearly flat on the underside ; 

 aperture oblique, subquadrate ; peristome simple, the margins distant ; 

 colour a rich dark brown, shining below. Diameter g inch, height 

 ^ inch. 



Hab. Andaman Islands (Dr. Ilungerford). 



This species recalls the Pacific forms of the genus rather than the 

 Indian ones, its nearest ally being T. nigritella, which, however, is a 

 larger shell with the last whorl much broader. Type in the Natural 

 History Museum. 



Helix colletti, sp. nov. (Plate XXIX. figs. 7, 8, 9.) 



Shell openly umbilicate, orbiculato-depressed, rather thin ; spire 

 nearly flat ; whorls 5, the last obsoletely angulate at the periphery, 

 not descending, very prominently and coarsely striated obliquely ; 

 colour light fawn, with a dark band at the periphery ; aperture some- 

 what oblique. Innately suborbicular ; peristome simple, very slightly 

 reflexed, margins not joined. Diameter | inch, height § inch, width 

 of umbilicus 5 mill. 



Hab. The Shan States, Upper Burma. 



Examples of this species were collected for Dr. Hungerford by 

 Mr. Boxall, who accompanied Col. CoUett's expedition. It belongs 

 to the section Planispira, Beck, being allied to H. fallaciosa, the 

 sculpture is very similar to that of H. gobanzi. Type in the Natural 

 History Museum. 



Helix shanica, sp. nov. (Plate XXIX. figs. 10, 11, 12.) 

 Shell narrowly umbilicate, depressedly turbinate, rather solid ; 

 whorls 5, gradually increasing, rather convex, the last subangulate 

 at the periphery, slightly descending towards the mouth, all fur- 

 nished with a fine oblique striation, more prominent on the last 

 whorl ; colour a light fawn, darker at the apex of the shell and near 

 th.e mouth, a narrow dark band just above the periphery ; aperture 

 oblique, rotundately lunar ; peristome slightly reflexed, dark fawn- 

 coloured, the margins distinct. Diameter j^inch, height f inch. 

 Hah. The Shan States, Upper Burma. 



