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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1863

1864

Of this most interesting shell I only obtained two specimens one alive and in good condition but barely full grown the other old worn and dead : one was picked up at the base the other on the top of the range of hill :lyingto the east of the beautiful valley in which are situated the present and former capitals of the kings of Burma. [...] and also in the absence of the wing" or cowl-shaped free process of the outer lip in the peristome of.Pterocyclos which is represented by the small linguiform projection of Spiraculum. [...] Avanum prove constant to be a distinction in the animals ; for although several species of Pterocyclos have been carefully examined no peculiarity in the animal has been found to correspond to the singular formation of the peristome while in the present species of Spiraculum there is a deep notch in the mantle corresponding to the tube in the shell. [...] None of the Burmese representatives of Diplommatina Thew the strongly acuminate spire or the great swelling of the antepenultimate whorl which distiguishes the species inhabiting the Himalaya. [...] Moore.) The skin of the body of the specimen was probably a little stretched and that of the tail shrunk if the caudal vertebras were not retained within it as is very commonly the case with skins prepared for stuffing of this group of animals.
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Pages
177
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120250
Segment Pages Author Actions
Contributions to Indian Malacology No. IV. Description of New land Shells from Ava and other Parts of Burma.—by William T. Blanford Associate of the Royal School of Mines F. G. S.
319-327 The Secretaries view
A Memoir on the Rats and Mice of India.—by Edward Blyth
327-353 The Secretaries view
Notes on the Distribution of Indian Terrestrial Gasteropoda Considered with Reference to its Leaning on the Origin of Species.—by W. Theobald Jr
354-382 The Secretaries view
Account of a Visit to the Hot Springs of Pai in the Tavoy District. by Capt. J. F. Stevenson Deputy Commissioner
383-386 The Secretaries view
Memorandum.—by A. Tweex Esq
386-386 The Secretaries view
A Visit to Xiengmai the Principal City of the Laos or Shan States.— by Sir Robert H. Schomburok Kt. F. R. S. Her Majesty’s Consul at Siam
387-399 The Secretaries view
Notes on the Tribes of the Eastern Frontier
400-408 The Secretaries view
Aornoa.—by Lt.-Col. J. Abbott
409-420 The Secretaries view
Remarks on the Taxila Inscription —by Professor J. Dowson Sandhurst College
421-430 The Secretaries view
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for August 1863
431-461 The Secretaries view
Abstract of the Results of the Hourly Meteorological Observations taken at the Surveyor General’s Office Calcutta
lxxiii-civ The Secretaries view

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