Ostracoda from the Inter-trappean Beds of Mohgaon-Haveli, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh

Sixteen species of non-marine Ostracoda are recorded from the Inter-trappean beds in a well, under excavation near Mohgaon-Haveli (spelt as Mohgaon in Survey of India Toposheet No. 55 WlO), about 8-10 km west of Sausar town on the Nagpur-Chhindwara road. Two species - Lirnnocythere bajpaii and Cypridopsis nzolzgaonensis are described as new. Ten species are assigned to taxa previously described from the Inter-trappean beds of different localities in central and western India. These are - Danvininla torpedo Whatley et al., Limnocythere deccanensis Khosla et al., Frurnbocythere tumiensis anjarensis Bhandari and Colin, Paracypretta jonesi Bhatia and Rana, Zonocypris gujaratensis Bhandari and Colin, Zonocypris spirula Whatley and Bajpai, Paracandona firmarnenium Whatley and Bajpai, Cyclocypris amphibolos Whatley et al., Cypria cyrtonidion Whatley and Bajpai and Cyprois rostellum Wh atley and Bajpai. Four species are left in open nomenclature, which are: Cypridopsis sp., Eucypris sp. A, Eucypris sp. B and Eucypris sp. C.