J U EN A L 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



Part II— PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 

 No. II.— 18G8. 



Contributions to Indian Malacology, No. IX,— Descriptions of new 

 Dii'lommatin^/Vom Darjiling and the Kiiasi Hills.— By William 

 T. Blanford, F. G. S., C. M. Z. S. Sfc. ; to accompany Captain 

 Godwin-Austen's figure's ; see p. 83. 



[Eeceived 12th January, 1868.] 



Amongst a very large and interesting collection of land shells made 

 by Captain Godwin Austen in the Khasi and Garo Hills are several 

 undescribed forms, and of these no less than 6 belong to the genus 

 Diphmmaiina, two forms of which, from the same neighbourhood, 

 were described by Mr. Benson some years ago, from the collections 

 made by Mr. Theobald in 1856. I hope to describe some of the 

 other novelties shortly, but as Captain Godwin- Austen has figured 

 the species of Diplommatina, not only of the Khasi Hills but also of 

 the Himalayas, both Eastern and Western, and of Burma, from 

 typical specimens in his own and my collections, I describe the new 

 species thus figured at once. 



Most unfortunately, one of the most remarkable of Captain Godwin- 

 Austen's discoveries, the very interesting sinistrorse species figured in 

 PI. III. fig. 3. has been lost, the only specimen obtained having been 

 crushed during transmission by post. I therefore refrain from giving 

 the species a name, for, although there can be no reasonable question 



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