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H. B. Preston : New Indian Shells. 



[Voi,. II, 



Odostomia Pfeifferi, sp, nov. 



Shell fusiform, semi-transparent white ; whorls 6, spirally 

 striate ; sutures well impressed ; aperture elongately, inversely 

 auriform ; columella bearing a coarse plait ; peristome simple. 



Altitude . . . . i"5 mm. 



Diam., major .. .. '5 ,, 



Habitat — Andaman Islands. 



Type in Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



Fig. I. Fig. 2. 



Fig. I. — Bittinni insu/sum, sp. nov. 



Fig. 2. —Gottonia andamanica, sp. nov. 



Fig. 3. — Bithynia pygmcpa, sp. nov. 



Fig. 3. 



Miralda gemma, sp. nov. 



Shell oblong ovate, white ; whorls 4, somewhat inflated, sculp- 

 tured on the upper part with coarse costse, below which appears a 

 spiral liration ; lower half of body whorl and base of shell spirally 

 Urate ; sutures well impressed ; aperture ovate ; peristome simple 

 above, somewhat dilated at base. 



Altitude . . 



Diam., major . . " 

 Habitat — Oman. 



Type in Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



i"25 mm. 

 ■5 „ 



Limncea simulans, sp. nov. 



Shell fusiform, browni.sh horn colour ; whorls 5 ; sutures 

 impressed ; umbilicus narrow, partly concealed by the reflexed 

 columella; columella arched, thick, extending into a callus 

 which reaches the lip above ; peristome simple ; aperture inversely 

 auriform. 



Altitude 



775 mm 



Diam., major . . 



4-25 ,, 



Aperture, alt. . . 



4 



,, diam. 



2 



Habitat — Pharping, Nepal, 





