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50. Buliminus (Cerastus) abyssinicus, Riippeii. 



2 Hadoda, near Zulla, Abyssinia ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 7 Manda, Nerljudda Valley ; coll. W. T. Blanf ord, Esq. 



6 Malwa; coll. W. Theobald, Esq., ex c. As. See., Bengal. 



Bulimmus (Cerastus) fairbanki, PfeifEer. 



7 Ahmednagar; coU. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and W. T. Blanf ord, Esq. 



61. Buliminus (Cerastus) deccanensis, Blanford, 



ms. 

 (5. malabaricus, Pfeiffer, misnomer.) 



" This shell is from the Deccan and not from Malahar ; the 

 fauna of the two regions is utterly distinct, that of the Deccan 

 being semi- African, that of Malabar almost pure Malay."— 

 (W. T. B.) 



8 Ahmednagar ; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



52. Buliminus (Cerastus) olivieri, Pfeiffer. 



" Entire surface granulate : tail flattish and bluntly keeled, 

 rather rounded at the end ; no furrows alongside of head ; sole 

 of foot not margined ; jaw without transverse ribbing, simply 

 narrowly arched, « shaped." — (W. T. B.) 



4 Near Doldad, Makan, Abyssinia ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 20 Lake Ashangi, Abyssinia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



var. major, Mart. 

 1 Atala, Abyssinia ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



53. Buliminus (Cerastus) jickelianus, n. sp. 



Shell like B. olivieri, but with the spire more pointed ; the 

 whorls less convex, the last one much less globose ; sculpture 

 almost or altogether obsolete ; the columella more oblique, the 

 aperture more everted. The type has seven whorls, the um- 

 bilicus completely closed, and the last whorls remarkably com- 

 pressed above the aperture ; long. 34 ; diameter maximum 15 ; 

 aperture alt. 15 ; la.t. 10 mil. 



1 Wadela plateau, between Nazoo and Yasendye, Abyssinia ftype) : coU. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



var. (The last whorl less compressed). 



2 Undul and Senaf e ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



Sub-Genus PETBAEUS, Albers (type B. lahioms, MM.) 

 [Pars. NAPAEUS, Albers, type B. montanus, Drap. J 

 [Pars. ZEBRINA, Helder, type B. detritus, MiilL] 



