94 GLESSULA, NON-PENINSULAR INDIA TO INDO-CHINA. 



tuse, suture rather deep ; whorls 9, the first convex, the later 

 ones a little convex, the last whorl scarcely two-sevenths the 

 total length. Aperture slightly oblique, ovate-elliptical ; mar- 

 gins of the peristome joined by a thin callus, the right margin 

 unexpanded, acute, columellar margin arcuate, calloused, 

 whitish, obliquely truncate at the base. Length 12.5, diam. 

 3.5, aperture 3.5 mm. (Bens.) 



Pankabari, Darjiling (W. T. Blanford, type loc) ; Kumah 

 Hill and near Mai-i, Sandoway district of Arakan (Theob. 

 & Stol.) 



Achatina hastula BENS., Ann. and Mag. N. H. (3), v, June, 

 1860, p. 461. PFR., Monogr. vi, 235. H. & T., Conch. Ind. 

 pi. 18, f. 4. Glessula h., THEOB. & STOLICZKA. 



"Of a more slender form than the large A. tenuispira B., 

 the whorls increasing very gradually, and not attenuate to- 

 wards the upper part of the spire, as in that species" 

 (Bens.). 



68. G. SUBPUSIFORMIS (Blanford). PI. 12, fig. 15. 



Shell turrite, subfusiform, rather thin, pale olive-corneous, 

 glossy, striatulate, subplicate at the sutures. Spire long- 

 pyramidal, the apex very shortly conic, mucronate; suture 

 impressed, submarginate. Whorls 8, convex, the last some- 

 what elongate; tapering downwards. Aperture subovate; 

 columella a little arcuate, obliquely truncate in front; peris- 

 tome obtuse, slightly waved. Length 17%, diam. 5%, aper- 

 ture 6x3 mm. (Blanf.) 



Ponsee, Yunnan, 3,300 ft. elevation. Type in Indian Mus. 



Achatina (Glessula) subfusiformis BLANF., P. Z. S. 1869, 

 p. 449. PFR., Monogr. viii, p. 285. Stenogyra (Glessula) 

 subfusiformis G. NEVILL, J. A. S. B. 1881, vol. 50, p. 138, 

 pi. 5, f. 13. 



"This form may be recognized by its long lower whorl, 

 subattenuate below." (Blanf.). It is the most northerly 

 species of Glessula known. Nevill has figured the unique 

 type specimen. 



