Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)

Verdcourt, B.: New and little known species of terrestrial Mollusca from East Africa and Congo (Kinshasa)

tinct sinus. Dimensions: Major diameter 21 mm; minor diameter 17 mm; height 13 mm; aperture 10 mm diameter. Remarks - BOURGUIGNAT (1889) in his description of Tayloria leroyi states that the shell is striate above, the striae being produced to the periphery but becoming evanescent beneath and specifically mentions "la forte échancrure qui caractérise le sommet de son ouverture". He gives the dimensions as alt. 20, diam 25 mm and the locality as summit of 'Mt Ngourou' at 2000 m. BOURGUIGNAT'

s Nguru Mountains material was collected by the Rev. Pères missionaries of Saint Esprit whose mission was at M'hounda i.e. the present Mhonda at 6°07'S 37°34.5'E where there is still a mission and a sawmill. It is quite possible that Tayloria leroyi was collected by LE ROY himself although BOURGUIGNAT does not specifically say so (see VERDCOURT 1986). In my synopsis of the genus (VERDCOURT 1958) I treated Tayloria leroyi as a subspecies of T usambarica (CRAVEN, 1880) but in that species the shell sculpture is strong on both upper and lower surfaces and I have decided to keep them separate. There are two specimens of Tayloria leroyi leroyi in The Natural History Museum, London: BM 97.11.13. 3 collected at Magila in the foothills of the Usambaras Mts. by Miss WOODWARD at about 240 m measures 20 x 16 mm and is relatively much taller and BM 1937.12.139 from Ukami (more or less equivalent to the Uluguru Mts.) purchased from SOWERBY and FULTON measures 19x14 mm and is also relatively much taller. It is not known who collected it but it could have been LAST. It appears to me very likely that Tayloria grandis THIELE, 1933 described from 'Deutsch Ost Afrika' without locality is Tayloria leroyi leroyi (BOURGUIGNAT). G niella ingloria (PRESTON, 1913) (Fig. 7) Ennea ingloria PRESTON, 1913 in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913: 197, t. 33, fig. 10; type locality: Kenya: Mt. Nyiro, 2490 m. Distribution - Kenya, Tanzania. Materied examined - Tanzania, Meru, S slope, above Usa River, Hunter's House, moss forest (2000 m), 3.III.1979, leg. EŐRY & SIPOS (HNHM 93862/1).