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12. Nanina Koondaensis, sp. nov., Pi. in, fig. 12. 



Testa perforata, depressa, cornea, carinata, tenuis, superne oblique striata , 

 lineis minutis confertis spiralibus sub-lente decussata, subtus Icevior, nitidtda 

 radiato striatula, sculptura spirali infra carinam gradatim evanescente. 

 Spira parum elecata, depresso-conoidea ; apice obtuso ; sictura vis impressa m 

 Anfr. 5 convexiusculi, ultimus latior, subtus tumidus, carina antice ob- 

 tusiori. Apertura obliqua, angulato-lunaris ; peristoma obtusum, rectum, 

 intus tenuiter albido-labiatum, margine columellari obliquo, juxta perfora- 

 tionem reftexiusculo. Maj. diam. 25, min. 22, axis 12, mm. Apertura 

 13 mm. lata, 12 alt a. 



Hab. ad Sispara in montibus Koonda, ad latus occidentale montium 

 Nilgiri Indice meridionalis. 



Found by both Major B e d d o in e and myself at the locality men- 

 tioned. It is allied to iV. indica, Pfr. and S hip lag i, Pfr., but 

 distinguished from both by much finer sulpture and by being more 

 swollen beneath. 



A young specimen was obtained by Dr. Stoliczka in the bo- 

 tanic garden of Calcutta ; it was probably imported with plants from 

 South India. 



13. Nanina (Trochomorpha) apicata, 9, nov., PL in, 



fig. 13. 



Testa sub-perforata, vel sub-ollecte perforata, trochiformis, tenuis, cornea, 

 sub-lcevigata, parum nitida, oblique striata. Spira conica, lateribus fere 

 recti's ; apice acuto ; sictura non imp>ressa. Anfr. 6 planulati gradatim 

 crescentes, ultimus ad periphcriam acute carinatus, infra carinam com- 

 pressiusculus, antice tumidior, circa perforationem com exus, antice non 

 descendens. Apertura obliqua, angulato-lunaris sub-rkombea ; peri- 

 stoma tenue, margine basali sinuato, columellari obliquo, reflexo. Diam 

 maj. 14, min. 13, axis 10 mm. 



Hab. in summis montibus Nilgiri in India meridionali ad Coonoor, 

 Neddiwuttom, &fc. 



This is far from a rare shell on the Nilgiris, and I suspect that 

 the reason why it has hitherto remained without a name is, that it 

 has been confounded by others, as it long was by myself, with N. 

 cacuminifera, B s. That, however, is a larger shell, with a lower 

 spire, very concave sides, and much stronger sculpture. So far as 



