GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 87 



"This shell resembles in form A. oreas Bens., but is dis- 

 tinguished from that and 'all other allied species by its 

 stronger sculpture. Possibly the two varieties should be 

 ranked apart, as there is considerable difference between 

 them. A third form, shorter and more tumid, occurs near 

 Poona. As other intermediate varieties probably exist, I 

 prefer for the present classing all in one species, but it may 

 hereafter be desirable to distinguish them." (Blanf.) 



The figure in Conchologia Indica, which I have copied, 

 does not agree very well with the description, but it is said 

 to represent the type specimen. 



Var. matheranica Blanford. PI. 13, fig. 16. 



Smaller, more polished, wanting spiral lines, the sculp- 

 ture obsolescent on the last whorl. Length 10, diam. 4.5 

 mm. (Blanf.) 



Matheran, near Bombay. 



58. G. RUGATA Blanford. PL 7, figs. 11, 12. 



Shell turrite, corneous, thin, little shining, vertically closely 

 plicate-striate, the striae minutely and regularly granulate 

 (under a lens), interstices decussated with close, minute 

 spiral lines, stronger in the upper whorls. Spire long conic; 

 apex obtuse; suture deep. Whorls iy 2 , convex, the last about 

 one-fourth the total length. Aperture oblique, nearly ovate; 

 peristome thin, unexpanded. Columella deeply 'arcuate, 

 obliquely truncate in front. Length 6, diam. 2, aperture 

 1.5x1 mm. (Blanf.) 



Singhur Hills near Poona (type loc.), and Poorundhur 

 (var. 7 mm. long), Bombay Presidency. 



Glessula rugata BLANF., J. A. S. B. vol. 39, 1870, p. 20, 

 pi. 3, f. 18. Achatina r., PFR., Monogr. viii, p. 293. H. & 

 T., Conch. Indica pi. 102, f . 7. 



The first half whorl seems to be smooth ; then granose striae 

 and spiral lines set in. The lower whorls have beautifully 

 granose plicae, unlike any other known Glessula. 



