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102 PILIDiE.<br />

narrowly umbilicated, spire short, whorls rounded, smooth, the<br />

last ascending in front; pale ash, encircled with three to four<br />

linear reddish-brown bands ; aperture pyriformly ovate, columellar<br />

lip thinlv reflected<br />

Alt. 39'5, diam. 35'2o mm. (taken from. fig. in Con. Icon.).<br />

Hab. Ceylon.<br />

"A peculiarly rounded species, thin and somewhat inflated, of<br />

a light ash-colour, encircled with faint bands, which, towards the<br />

apex, are like red-brown lines, of which only the uppermost one<br />

is visible."<br />

201. Pila olea {Reeve).<br />

Pila olca (Reeve), Con. Icon., Ampul, sp. 102.<br />

Original description:—Shell subglobose, scarcely umbilicated,<br />

epire rather short, whorls rounded, longitudinally striated ; shining<br />

olive, encircled with two distant narrow blackish-red bands;<br />

aperture pyriformly ovate.<br />

Alt. 29, diam. 23-25 mm. (taken from fig. in Con. Icon.).<br />

Hab. India?<br />

" Of a peculiar compact subglobose form, with a shining olive<br />

sttrface, encircled with two distant linear bands."<br />

202. Pila tischbeini (Dohm).<br />

Pila tischbeini (Dohrn), P. Z. S. 1858, p. 134; H. & T., C. I.<br />

pi. 114, fig. 3 (aa Ampullarid).<br />

Original description:—Testa ovato-glohosa, solida, peranguste<br />

umbilicata, rude longitudinaliter, sub lente subtilissime spiraliter<br />

striata, olivacea, fasoiis saturatioribus cingulata; spira exserta;<br />

anfr. 3-4 integri convexi, rapide accrescentes, ad suturam impressam<br />

angulati; ultimus efflatus; apertura lunato-ovalis, intus<br />

i'usoa, dense fasciata ; peristomium rectum, labro intus albido.<br />

Alt. 33, diam. maj. 31, diam. min. 28 mm.<br />

Aperture : alt. 25, diam. 17 mm.<br />

Bab. Ceylon.<br />

203. Pila woodwardi {Dohm).<br />

Pila woodwardi (Dohrn), P. Z. S. 1858, p. 134; H. & T., C. I.<br />

pi. 115, fig. 5 (as Ampullaria).<br />

Original description;—Testa subturbinata, solidiuscula, parum<br />

nitida, longitudinaliter striata, late umbilicata, olivacea, fasciis<br />

viridibus vel fuscis spiralibus ornata; spira exserta; anfractus<br />

4-4| integri convexi, rapide accrescentes, supra medium angulati;<br />

iiltinius efflatus, antice descendens; apertura ovato-lunaris, alba,<br />

fasciis intus pellucentibus ; peristomium simplex, rectum.<br />

Alt. 29, diam. maj. 26, diam. min. 22 mm.<br />

Aperture : alt. 19"5, diam. 11-5 mm.<br />

Hah. Ceylon.

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