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Show 768 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON SHELLS OF THE [Julie 6, STREPTAXIS RAVANCE, sp. nov. (Plate L. figs. 13, 14, 15.) Testa rimato-perforata, globoso-ovata, costulato-striata ; spira convexa; anfr. 7,planulati, infra suturam subangulati ; penultimus ad peripheriam rotundatus, vix ultra ultimum, a basi spectatus, projectus, ultimus subtus convexiusculus, antice circum umbilicum compressus ; apertura oblongo-semiovalis, plica in-trante parietali et 4-5 dentibus palatalibus (duobus in margine dextro, uno basali, uno vel duobus columellaribus) coarctata ; peristoma expansum, ad angulum retro-sinuatum. Diam. maj. 134, min. 10; alt. 7 mm. Hab. in insula Ceylon. This is a larger and more globose shell than S. cingalensis (which I am inclined to regard as a variety of S. layardianus) and with larger and more numerous palatal teeth. It is the largest known Streptaxis from the Indian area. I have had a single specimen for many years and am not quite sure from whom I received it, though I have always believed that it came from Major Skinner's collection. ENNEA TURRICULA, sp. nov. (Plate L. figs. 16, 17.) Testa breviter arcuato-rimata, turrita, subcylindrica, diaphana, nitidula, subdistanter capillaceo-costulata, cereo-albida ; spira parum attenuata, apice obtuso, sutura impressa ; anfr. 6, convexi, duo superiores Icevigati ; apertura verticalis, fere semiovalis, lamella una tortd parietali intrante, alia columellari obliqua interna, tertid basali profunda, et tuberculis duobus, uno basali, alio in margine dextro, ambobus scepe obsoletis, coarctata ; peristoma album, callosum, expansum, vix ad angulum sinuatum, marginibus callo lamellifero junctis. Long. 5, diam. 1| ; ap. long, ljj mm. Hab. in montibus Animalai dictis, et in provmeia "Wynaad Indise meridionalis (Beddome). The sculpture and dentition can only be distinctly seen in fresh adult specimens, in old shells some of the teeth iu the aperture disappear. As in the allied forms E. pirriei, E. macrodon, &c., the dentition is well developed in half-grown shells. This species is nearest to the Nilgiri E. macrodon, but distinguished by more distant sculpture, by the teeth in the mouth being smaller, and especially by the absence of the great transverse basal lamella of that species. ENNEA BREVICOLLIS, sp. nov. (Plate L. figs. 23, 24.) Testa turrita, subfusiformis, costulis filiformibus verticalibus ; spira sensim attenuata, apice obtuso, sutura impressa; anfr. 11, convexi, primi 3 Icevigati, ultimus angustior, antice breviter solutus, descendens et creberrime costulatus, utrincjue versus basin scrobiculo compressus ; apertura rotundo-ovalis, lamina valicld curvatd intrante parietali, et plied palatali oppositd, coarctata, sinu ad dextrum subrotundo fere separato ; peristoma albidum, expansum, reflexion. Long. 8, diam. 2 ; up, long. 1-J mm. |