1880.] W. T. Blanford — Contrihufions to Indian llalncoJogy. 201 



on the basaltic rocks of Girnar Hill, in Kattywar. The animal o£ 8. collina 

 bears a considerable external resemblance to that of the subgenus Litliotis, 

 which has a similar habitat. 



The figures in the ' Conchologia Indica' give a fair idea of the species, 

 but the sj^ire in fig. 8 is rather too large. 



14. Steeptaxis compeessus, sp. nov., Plate II, Fig. 13. 



" S. mnpreums, Wl. Bl.," Theobald, Cat. Land and Freshwater Shells Brit. Ind, 

 p. 33. 



Testa subaperte sed non pervie umiiUeata, valde depresso-ovata, cereo- 

 alhida, dinphana, iiitida, vioo striatula. Spira vice convexa, fere plana, 

 sutura parum impressd. Anfr. 4^, penidtimus postice compressus, obtuse 

 sed prominentei' carinatiis ; uUhms valde eccentricus, antrorsim devians 

 mhtus planulatiis poHtusque, circa umhilicwn, prcesertim antice, angulato- 

 coarciatus, pone aperturam fossiculis iinpressis constrictus. Apertura dia- 

 gunalis, semiovalis, lamind una validd suhbifidd, intrante parietali, dente 

 uno duplici cohmellari, tribiis palatalibus in margine dextro, coarctata. 

 Peristoma incrassatmn, undiqwe sublate expansum, postice juxta angulum 

 mediocriter sinuatum, marginibus callo lamellifero jimctis. Diam. maj, 6^, 

 mill. 3f , alt vix 3 ; ap. long. 2^, lat. 2 min. 



Hab. In moutibus ' Sivagiri' dictis (Tinnevelly) Indite meridionalis 

 {II. Beddome). 



Varietas anfractilus q^uiiigue, superne et in umbilico confertim fili- 

 fornii-striata, lamind parietali duplici, in montibus Jiabitat prope urbem 

 Cmibum. Exempli majoris diam. maj. 6^, minoris 5J, diam. min. 4 et 3|-, 

 alt. 21 et 2\. 



Shell rather openly but not perviously umbilicated, depressed, oval, 

 yellowish white, translucent, glossy, .scarcely striated. Sjjire almost flat, 

 suture but little impressed. Whorls 4J, the penultimate compressed and 

 prominently but bluntly keeled posteriorly ; the last very eccentric, flat- 

 tened and smooth below, and angulately compressed around the umbilicus, 

 and especially near the mouth, where there are indentations corresponding 

 to the teeth inside. Aperture diagonal, semioval, and furnished with five 

 teeth, one strong re-entering bifid plait on the parietal callus uniting the 

 margins of the peristome, one large dovible tooth on the columellar side, 

 three palatal teeth on the right side. Peristome thickened and expanded, 

 curved back near the posterior angle. Major diam. 0'25, minor 0-15, 

 height O il inch. 



A variety from the Cumbum hills has distinct but very fine close fili- 

 form raised lines on the upper surface and inside tlie umbilicus, and the 



