HELICID^. 883 



Genus Veronicella, Blainv. 



Veronicella, n. sp. 



Veronicellct, n. sp., Nevill, Joum. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xlvi, 1877, p. 23. 



Two very fine specimens of an apparently quite new form were brought back 

 from Ponsee, preserved in spirit ; even in their present contracted state the larger is 

 93 mils, in length ; I prefer not giving them a name at present, as I am not prepared 

 to describe their anatomical characters. 



Veronicella birmanica, Theob. 



Faginnlus Urmanica, Theob., Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 1864, p. 243. 

 Veronicella Urmanica, Nevill, I. c, p. 23. 



This species is not mentioned by M. Pischer^ in his Monograph of the genus. 

 Stoliczka^ has given some details concerning it. Dr. Anderson brought back eight 

 specimens from Bham6 and Pontine, preserved in spirit ; the largest measures 24 mils. 



Genus Helicarion, Per, 

 Helicarion resplendens, Nevill. Plate LXXX, figs. 6 & Qa. 



Helicarion resplendens, Nevill, Joum. As. Soc., Bengal, vol. xlvi, 1877, p. 23. 



Shell in texture and colour resembling Helic. gigas, Bens., but a Httle thinner 

 and more membranaceous ; it is at once distinguished from it by its flattened, more 

 ear-hke and appressed shape. It also somewhat resembles Helic. peguense, Theob. ,^ 

 from Prome ; it is, however, a larger and thicker shell, with the whorls of the spire 

 much broader and more distinct, and considerably less open at the base ; in many 

 respects it is intermediate between the above two species, though all three are easily 

 recognisable and quite distinct. 



Type of JLelic. resplendens : diam. max. 22, lat. 14, crass. 8 mm. 



Selic. gigas (small specimen) : diam. 22, lat. 16, crass. 10 mm. 



Helic. peguense, diam. 17, lat. 10, crass. 6 mm. (a rather larger specimen than 

 the type) . 



Pour specimens of this interesting form were found at Sawady. Dr. Anderson 

 also brought back a single specimen (in spirit) from Bhamo which clearly shows the 

 animal to be of a light pinkish colonr, very sparsely dotted with black specks, 

 except on the mantle lobes and caudal extremity, wlrich are thickly dotted ; in this 

 specimen, the spire of the shell only is covered by the animal, though the mantle 

 lobe has no doubt shrunk. 



' Nouv. Arch., t. vii. 



2 Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 1871, p. 33. 



^ Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, 1834, p. 8. 



