SYKES: NEW LAND-SnELLS EEOM CEYLOlSr. 6& 



The nearest ally to this species appears to be C. Austenianus, 

 Benson ; the present one is more elongate, and has the whorls more 

 convex, the lip is of a different colour and is attached to the shell at 

 a different angle, while the notch is more vertical and not so much 

 to the left as in C. Austenianus. A fair series of specimens has been 

 examined, and they appear to be constant in character. I have 

 named it after Hugh Nevill, who gave such special attention to the 

 Ceylon fauna. 



14. Catatjltjs Colletti, n.sp. PL Y, Fig. 15. 



Testa breviter et profunda rimata, elongata-pyramidalis, solida, 

 substriata, castanea ; spira elongata, apice obtusulo ; sutura sub- 

 marginata; anfr. 8-8^, piano - convexi, ultimus parum attenuatus ; 

 carina umbilicalis valida, compressa ; periomphalum latum, costulato- 

 striatum ; apertura subcireularis ; peristoma incrassatum et reflexum, 

 basi productum, canali mediocri perforatum. Alt. 23, diam. 8-2 mm. 



Hah.— On stems of Kitool Palm, Matale, at 1,200 feet (0. Collett). 



A species belonging to the same group as the last, but it is narrower, 

 the whorls are flatter, the striae almost obsolete, the base of the lip 

 projects a little forward, and the notch lies a shade more to the right. 



15. DiPLOMMATiN-A (Nicida) catathtmia, n.sp. PI. V, Fig. 9. 



Testa parva, dextrorsa, rimata, cylindrica, flavido-hyalina, spira 

 sub-cylindrica, apice obtusulo ; sutura bene impressa ; anfr. 6i^, valde 

 convexi, regulariter crescentes, primi Igeves, reliqui (sub lente) regu- 

 lariter obsolete spiraliter lirati, ultimus liris quinque (?) ornatus ; 

 apertura circularis, peristomate leviter incrassatulo et reflexo, albido. 

 Alt. 2, diam. 1mm. 



Hah. — TJda Pussellawa (H. B. Preston). 



This pretty little shell, specimens of which I noted previously ^ 

 as possibly belonging to two species, appears to be variable in 

 relative proportions of height and breadth. It is very cylindrical, 

 vnth an exceedingly deeply-cut sutiu'e, and delicate spiral sculpture. 

 Mr. Preston found a single sinistral specimen. I may add that 

 Diplommatina Pedronis, B-edd., has been found by Mr. Collett. 



16. Ctathopoma leptomita, n.sp. PI. Y, Figs. 8, 8«. 



Testa elevata, conoidea, late et perspective umbilicata, cineracea, 

 brunneo-ochraceo eleganter picta, apice protracto, acutulo ; anfr. 5, 

 primi laeves, reliqui carinati, ultimus 10 carinis approx. ornatus, 

 undique arctissime et tenuissime lirati, liris delicatissimis, fimbriatis ; 

 liris conspicuis 6 approx. in umbilico ; sutura bene impressa ; apertura 

 ovato - circularis,^ labro tenui ; operculum multispirale, concavum. 

 Alt. 2-5, lat. 3 mm. 



Hah — Ambagamuwa (0. Collett). 



This interesting little shell, which is the Jerdonia Ceylanica of 



' Proc. Malac. Soc, vol. ii, p. 237. 



