82 On the Land Shells of India. [Feb. 



Part 1 .• — Land Shells. 

 Genus Cyclostoma, (torquata ?) 



Animal unknown to me. 



Shell. — Diameter about 1^ inch ; spire, prominent and pointed ; 

 whorls, rounded and six in number ; umbilicus, well denned and disco- 

 vering to the third whorl ; aperture circular, margins united, thickened, 

 and reflected : slightly inclined to be angular at the point where the 

 right lip comes in contact with the body whorl ; interior of the aper- 

 ture with a red or deep orange-coloured ring. 



Colour of the shell dingy white, with irregular tortoise-shell coloured 

 patches and transverse broken lines on the upper side of the whorls ; 

 the under side with longitudinal bands of the same colour, leaving a 

 broad longitudinal white stripe down the middle of the body whorl ; 

 operculum horny ; concentric lamellar. In some shells the colours are 

 more vivid than in others ; I have one in my possession of which the 

 colour is a pale yellowish brown or buff throughout, the markings be- 

 ing very little darker than the ground colour : this however does not 

 appear to have been caused by exposure, as the shell exhibits a very 

 healthy appearance. This is the only specimen with an operculum. 



These shells I found at Rajmahl, lying dead among the loose bricks 

 and rubbish by the side of pathways leading among the ruins of the 

 ancient palace. It is probable that they may be found living on the 

 rocks in that neighbourhood, and among the ruins themselves ; I had 

 however no time to spare, and was obliged, though reluctantly, to pro- 

 ceed without making farther discovery. 



No. 2. — Genus Cyclostoma, (fasciata ?) 



Animal unknown to me. 



Shell. — Diameter little more than half an inch, or 5\ lines ; whorls 

 five in number, and flattened on the upper side ; spire depressed and 

 flattened, even with the whorls ; mouth horse-shoe shaped, (not circular,) 

 the margins reflected and partially interrupted by the body whorl, a 

 thin plate alone joining them ; colour white, with four or five longitudinal 

 stripes of reddish brown : the first* or upper stripe being generally 

 the broadest and darkest, and following the whorls from the apex 

 to the margin of the mouth. Umbilicus discovering the third whorl. 

 I have seen no operculum. 



These shells I have often found in diy ravines and on the banks of 

 the Ganges, where they were no doubt left by the subsiding waters 

 after the rainy season. 



On account of the aperture being horse-shoe shaped, I have placed a 

 mark of doubt to the generic name. 



* In gome the second (not the first) stripe is the darkest, &c. 



