GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 79 



pl. 35, f. 4. Glessula botellus BEDDOME, P. Mai. Soc. Lond., 

 vii, 168. 



Col. Beddome writes: " Nevill labelled my specimens 

 from the foot of the Nilgiris botellus var. convexior, but I do 

 not see how they differ from the type." 



43. G. OROPHILA (' Benson ' Reeve). PI. 10, fig. 10. 



Shell conically ovate ; spire acuminated ; sutures impressed ; 

 whorls 7, rounded, peculiarly obscurely indented; columella 

 short, deeply arched and truncated; aperture rather small, 

 olive-horn colored. Distinguished by the deeply-arched cur- 

 vature of the columella, and by the whorls being rather more 

 numerous than is usual in species of this form (Reeve). 



Nilgiri Hills (type loc., Jerdon) ; Anamullay Hills; S. Can- 

 ara; Golcondah Hills, east side of Madras Presidency (Bed- 

 dome). 



Achatina orophila Benson MS., REEVE, Conch. Icon., v, 

 June, 1849, pl. 19, f. 105. Stenogyra (Glessula) orophila 

 NEVILL, J. A. S. B., 1881, p. 137. Glessula o., BEDDOME, P. 

 Mai. Soc. Lond., vii, 168. Achatina arthurii BENSON, Ann. 

 Mag. N. H. (3), xiii, March, 1864, p. 209. H. & T., Conch. 

 Ind., pl. 36, f. 3. Cionella (Glessula) orophila SEMPER, 

 Reisen im Archipel Phil., Landmoll., p. 133, pl. 12, f. 14-16 

 (genitalia), pl. 16, f. 18 (central tooth). 



Reeve's second locality, Colombo, Ceylon, was probably due 

 to an erroneous identification. Col. Beddome omits the Nil- 

 giris from his list of localities. He writes: " My Golcondah 

 specimens were labelled by H. Nevill G. subbrevis, but I can- 

 not see how they differ. Nevill, I think, saw only young ex- 

 amples." 



Achatina arthurii Benson, from Neher, Mahableshwar Hills, 

 is considered a synonym of orophila by Col. Beddome. The 

 original figure is copied, pl. 10, fig. 7. " Shell ovate-conic, 

 irregularly plicate-striate, buff-tawny, polished, translucent. 

 Spire ovate-conic, apex obtuse, suture impressed. Whorls 

 7 1 /2, a little convex, subcrenulate at the suture. Aperture 

 subvertical, elliptic-ovate, peristome rather thick, parietal cal- 



