68 GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 



(Glessula) b., G. NEVILL, J. A. S. B., vol. 50, 1881, p. 137, pi. 

 5, f. 16, 16o. 



24. G. PR^ELUSTRIS (Benson). PI. 9, figs. 15, 16. 



Shell ovate-oblong, very thin, fragile, irregularly plieate- 

 striate, glossy, pale buff-corneous; spire pyramidal, the apex 

 obtuse, suture rather deep, subcrenulate ; whorls 8~y 2 , a little 

 convex, slightly swollen above near the sutures, the last whorl 

 more than one-third the total length, subinflated; aperture 

 vertical, semioval, rather wide; columella somewhat straight, 

 slightly curved, base obliquely truncate; peristome unex- 

 panded, acute. Length 33, dram. 17, aperture 15 x 9 mm. 

 {Bens.}. 



S. India: Midnapore, Balasore and Cuttack, Orissa pro- 

 vince, in mango topes (W. Theobald) ; common in the Orissa 

 and Ganjam districts, east side of the Madras Presidency 

 (Beddome). 



Achatina pralustris BENS., Ann. Mag. N. H., June, 1860, 

 Vj p. 462. PFR. Monogr. vi, 221. HANLEY & THEOB., Conch. 

 Ind. pi. 17, f. 6, and var., f. 7. Glessula p., BEDDOME, P. 

 Mai. Soc. vii, p. 162. Stenogyra (Glessula) praclustris 

 NEVILL, Handlist, p. 170. 



Col. Beddome gives 40 mm. as length of his largest speci- 

 men. There is a smaller race (pi. 9, fig. 15) measuring, 

 length 24, diam. 11, aperture 10.5 mm. long; whorls iy 2 . 

 The lip has a smooth, thickened edge. 



25. G. CHESSONI (Benson). PI. 11, fig. 5. 



Shell ovate-turrite, attenuate above, roughly plicate-striate, 

 the strife very minutely, closely, obsoletely spirally decussate ; 

 tawny-corneous or purplish-brown, translucent, a little glossy ; 

 spire turrite, attenuate towards the slightly obtuse apex; 

 suture impressed, crenulate. Whorls 11%, a little convex, 

 the last over one-third the length of the shell, a little in- 

 flated. Aperture subvertical, semioval, rather wide; colu- 

 mella rather straight, whitish-calloused, at base slightly ob- 

 liquely truncate; peristome unexpanded, thin. Length 37, 

 diam. 15, aperture 14x8 mm. (Bens.). 



