GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 75 



Beddome, G. NEVILL, J. A. S. B., vol. 50, 1881, p. 139. Gles- 

 sula bolumpattiana BEDDOME, Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., vii, 

 Sept., 1906, p. 165. 



Since Indian authors do not agree in the orthography of 

 the name, I have followed the original spelling. 



36. G. SUBSERENA Beddome. PI. 8, figs. 13, 14. 



Shell ovate-turrite, rather solid, very highly polished, ob- 

 soletely striatulate, fulvous-corneous, pellucid. Spire sub- 

 turrite, the apex obtuse; suture impressed, margined, crenu- 

 late. Whorls 7, rather flattened, the last scarcely half the 

 total length. Aperture semi-oval; columella deeply arcuate, 

 whitish-calloused, margins joined by a callus, at the base ab- 

 ruptly and obliquely truncate. Length 22, diam. 11, aperture 

 10x5 mm. (Beddome). 



S. India: Peermede, Travancore; Anamullays. 



Glessula s., BEDDOME, P. Mai. Soc. Lond., vii, Sept., 1906, 

 p. 166, pi. 15, f. 7. 



' The last whorl is longer and the spire less elevated than 

 in the Ceylonese serena, and the whorls, especially the upper 

 ones, are less convex." 



37. G. JEYPORENSIS Beddome. PI. 8, figs. 11, 12. 



Shell oblong-turrite, thin, striatulate, glossy, buff-corneous. 

 Spire sub-turrite, obtuse at the apex. Suture impressed, 

 crenulate. Whorls 8, rather flat, the last nearly two-fifths 

 the total length. Columella very deeply arcuate, truncate at 

 the base. Aperture semi-oval ; peristome simple. Length 18, 

 diam. 6, aperture 5x3 mm. (Beddome'). 



Jeypore Hills, East coast of the Madras Presidency. 



G. jeyporensis BEDDOME, P. Mai. Soc. Lond., vii, Sept., 

 1906, p. 167, pi. 15, f. 6, Qa. 



' Allied to bensoniana, but with a shorter, blunter spire." 



38. G. JERDONI (' Benson ' Reeve). PI. 12, figs. 16, 17, 18. 



Shell oblong-subulate, thin, smoothish, glossy, tawny-cor- 

 neous ; spire turrited, the apex rather obtuse, suture margined ; 

 whorls 8, a little convex, the last slightly exceeding one-third 



