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Var. parvula.<br />

Hah. Moradiibad ; Jaunpur.<br />

Var. acuminata.<br />

BITIIYXIA.<br />

Hab. Andamsinti"! (Eoepstorff).<br />

149. Bithynia nassa, Theohald.<br />

Bithynia nassa, Theobald, J. A. S. B. xxxiv, pt. 2, 18R5, p. 275 ;<br />

op. cit., xxxix, pt. 2, p. 404, pi. 18, fig. 8; H. & T., 0. I. pi. 37,<br />

figs. 8, 9.<br />

Original description :—Testa elongata, f iirbinata, polita, diaphana,<br />

solidiuscula. Labio expansiusculo, pliya callosa externa munita.<br />

Anfractibus quinqne.<br />

Alt. 10-25, diam. 6-25 mm.<br />

Hab. Shaa States.<br />

A supplementary and fuller description is given in the Journ.<br />

Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxxix, as follows :—<br />

Testa elongate turrita, polita, diapliana, solidiuscula, imperforata;<br />

anfractibus 6, lente convexis, sutura simplici junctis,<br />

striis exilissimis inorementi tectis ; ultimo basi convexiusculo ;<br />

spira breviore ; apertura siibovata, intus lasvi, supra (vel postice)<br />

acute angulata, antice rotundata, sensiin producfa; labio et labro<br />

leviter curvatis, prime paulo incrassato, altero acuto, margine<br />

tenui, extra prope mai'giiiem costa solidiuscula crassa instructo ;<br />

operculo testaceo, ovato, concentrice striate, nucleo subcentrali.<br />

Alt. 8'5, diam. maj. 6-25 mm.<br />

Aperture : ait. 4-75, diam. 3-25 mm.<br />

Hab. Shan States.<br />

150. Bithynia laevis, Morelet.<br />

Bitliynia Icevis, Morelet, Ser. Conclj. iv, 1876, p. 313, pi. 13, fig. q<br />

(as Bithinia kevis) ; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 38.<br />

Original description : — Testa superficialiter arcuato-rimata,<br />

conico-oblonga, corneo-rubella vel lutescens, lineolis spadiceis,<br />

distantibus, longitudinaliter notata, nitida, lievis, apice trunca-<br />

•tiila; anfr. 5| convexiuseuli, sutura simplici juncti, ultimus<br />

ventriculosus, circa rimam compressus: apertura ovalis, basi<br />

angulata, intus albido-tcerulea, marginibus crassioribus, obtusiusculis,<br />

fusco anguste linibatis, oolumellari strictim dilatato.<br />

Operculum testaceum, pagina interna homogenea, alba, externa<br />

concaviuscula, epidermide i'ulva, concentrice striata iuduta, nucleo<br />

subcentrali.<br />

Alt. 10, diam. 5 mm.<br />

Aperture: alt. 4-5 mm.<br />

Hab. Siam, Cochin China {Morelet); Damotha, Moulmein<br />

(^fStoliczJca (^' Sichlhofen).

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