1869.] Contributions to Indian Malacology. 141 



Society for 1866, p. 447, announced the discovery of the operculum, 

 as I had anticipated. 



10 — Ennea sculpta, n. sp. Pi. XVI, fig. 10. 



Testa profimde et flexuose rimata, sub-cylindrica, solidula, cerea } 

 diaphana, nitida, costis verticalibus sub-flexuosis ornata. Spira ttcrrita, 

 sursum vix attenuata; apice obtuso ; sutura impressa. Anfr. 8, primi 

 2 Icevigati, cceteri sub-confertim costulati, ultimus i longitudinis fere 

 tequans, aniice sub-ascendens, basi compressus. Apertura verticalis, 

 truncato-ovata, lamelld una parietali intrante juxta angalum, aliis 

 profimdis 4 palatalibus, secunda minori, una columellari valida torta, 

 in apertura vix conspicud, coarctata. Peristoma undique expansum, 

 albidum, ad basin late repandum, marginibus callo lamelliferi junctis. 

 Long. 8 J, diam. 2^, millem. Ap. cum perist. 2 mill, longa. 



Hab. In montibus Pulney, India meridionalis, detexit S. Fairbank. 

 Shell deeply and flexuously rimate, sub-cylindrical, rather solid, 

 translucent with a low glossy lustre and of the colour of wax. Spire 

 turrited and elongate, becoming very little smaller above and bluntly 

 terminated at the apex ; suture impressed, whorls 8, the first two 

 smooth, the others with strong vertical snb-flexuous ribs, the last 

 whorl ascending slightly in front, compressed at the base. Aperture 

 vertical, truncately oval, with a re-entering parietal plait close to the 

 angle, a very deep columellar fold, scarcely perceptible, from the 

 aperture, but strong and twisted within, running up till it nearly 

 joins the parietal plait, and 4 palatal lamella?, the second of which 

 from above is very small. These, like the columellar fold, are situ- 

 ated so far back, that they are with difficulty to be made out from 

 the aperture. Peristome white, expanded, curved back slightly near 

 the base, margins united by a rather thick callus on which is the 

 parietal lamella. Length 0.34, diameter 0.1, length of aperture, 

 peristome included, 0.08 inch. 



This form has some slight resemblance to E. Pirriei, Pfr., but has 

 very much stronger sculpture, and the lamella? around the aperture, 

 are very different. 



I have another Ennea from the Nilgiris which I have hitherto 

 considered a small variety of E. Eirriei, but it appears to differ in 

 the possession of a strong transverse basal plica. In both forms, 

 young specimens appear to have the lamella? of the aperture quite 



