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tropis and pliseozona, V. Martens, Sasak Taka ; dschulfensis in Persia ; 

 aDd by bactriana, Hutton, from Kandahar ; which carries it close into the 

 Himalayan range. Wevill also describes one (mataianensis) from Mataian, 

 Sind Valley, Kashmir. 



Helix siniilaris and bolus which have been placed in the genus 

 Fruticicola have, I should say, but very slight connection with it. The 

 list of species in Planispira and Plectotropis, as given by Geoffrey 

 Nevill in the Hand List, will require very considerable revision. In an 

 unpublished copy of his Hand List, g'reatly corrected, which he was good 

 enough to give me before his early death, he has put H. huttoni in 

 Aegista, a genus of Albers, w 7 ho placed in it Helix oldhami from 

 Burma, a very different form as regards the aperture of the shell. 



Until we know the anatomy of Eurystoma vittata, Plectotropis 

 elegantissima and Aegista oculus from China, it is unsatisfactory work 

 trying to place these Indian species under any of these three genera ; 

 and it is very difficult to get hold of the type species in spirit. 



Sub-genus Planispira, Beck. 



(Type Z on aria, Miiller from Celebes.) 



Eurystoma, Albers (on shell alone), type H. vittata, Ferussac, from 

 Madras. 



Semi-cornu, Klein. 



H. ( ? Planispira) propinqua, Pfr. Plate VII, fig. 4. 



Central India (fig. 40 of MSS. Stol.) 



The remarks which I have made regarding the location of Indian 

 species in this genus, applies here to this one. An examination lately 

 made of the anatomy of some Southern Indian Shells (and I am expect- 

 ing some more material) shews that a number of them are very closely 

 related, although they do not shew it in shell character. 



Description of Plate. 



Fig. 1. Animal of Helix (Eucochlias) octhoplax, Benson. 



2. Animal of Helix (Plectopylis) pinacis, Benson. 

 2a. Epidermal hairs on keel magnified. 



3. Animal of Helix (Plectopylis) minor, G.-A. 

 3a. Epidermal hairs of same magnified. 



4. Animal of Helix (Planispira ?) propinqua. Pfr. 



5. Animal of Helix (Plectopylis) achatina. Gray. 



