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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.