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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