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80 PALTJDESTEINIDJE.<br />

159. Stenothyra hungerfordiana, Nevlll.<br />

Stenothyra hunyerfovdiana, Ne\4n, J. A. S. B. xlix, pt. 2, p. 159;<br />

op. cit., 1, pt. 2, p. 156, pi. 7, fig-. 9.<br />

Original description:—Testa parva, imperforata, ovato-elongata,<br />

solidiuscula, viridula, vix nitida (sab lente), lineis iinpressis ac<br />

dense punctioulatis confertiin cinf;iilata; spira panlukim elongata,<br />

ovato-eonvexa, apice obtuso, sutnra profunda ac obsoleta inarginata<br />

; anfr. 4, convexi, ultiums compresse ovuliformis, antice<br />

subapplanatus, valde (lescendens; apertura perpusilla, suboblique<br />

rotund ato-ovata, superne leviter angulata, sulco profundiori ab<br />

ani'ractu ventrali separata, peristomate obtuso.<br />

Alt. 2-5, diam. 1-5 mm.<br />

Hab. Andaman Islands.<br />

" This is one of tte most distinct and interesting species of the<br />

genus as yet discovered ; the few imperforate whorls, -with markedly<br />

obtuse apex ; the distinct, though minute, close punctnlation ; the<br />

unusually convex whorls, with the remarliable long, compressed,<br />

slightly flattened, and egg-shaped last'whorl are all good chnracters.<br />

The suture is very distinct and, on the last whorl, distinctly<br />

marginate below. The operculum is normal." ^^<br />

Type in Indian Museum, Calcutta. «<br />

160. Stenothyra monilifera, Benson.<br />

Stenothyra motiilifera^ Benson, A. M. N. [T. sor. 2, xvii, 18156,<br />

p. 497 ; Blanford, Cent. Ind. Mai. pt. 8, pi. 2, fig-. 15 ; H. & T.,<br />

0. I. pi. 37, fig. 4 (as Nematura in Index). /<br />

Original description.—Testa subperforato-riinata, oblongo-ovata,<br />

compressiuscula, nitidiuscula, sulois coufertioribus, dense pijncti*<br />

culatis, spiralibus impressa, fusco-cornea, fascia pallida supra,<br />

mediam ornata, versus apicem obtusulum hyalinum rubente, spira<br />

convexo-conica, sutura profunda, cannliuulata; aufractibus 4i convexis,<br />

ultimo subsoluto, ^ te5ta3 seqnante, antice valde deseendente,<br />

subtus rotundato, periomphalo subcompiffesso •, apertura obliqua<br />

diagonal!, rotundato-ovali, sules profundiori ab anfi;^ctu penultim©<br />

divisa, peristomate obtusulo, callo parietfdi superne splum conspicuo.<br />

Operculo corneo-pellucido, apice ad dexkram spectante.<br />

Alt. 4'5, diam. 3 mm. ' ^ '<br />

Hab. Mergui; Pegu.<br />

161. Stenothyra foveolata, Benson.<br />

Stenothyra foveolata, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xvii, 1856,<br />

p. 4971; it. & T., 0.1, pi. 37, tig. 3 (as Nematura in Index).<br />

Original description.—Testa vix rimata, ovato-acuta, spiraliter<br />

foveolato-striata, striis versus basin confertissimis, spira conica,<br />

apice acuto, sutura mediocri; aufractibus 5 convexiusciilis, nltiuio<br />

at ventrem planiusculo, \ testa) asquante, antice deseendente, basi

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