84 GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 



Columella a little oblique, truncate a little way above the base 

 of the aperture. Aperture vertical, semi-oval; peristome 

 whitish within, obtuse. Length 11, diam. 2, aperture 2.5 x 1.5 

 mm. (Beddome). 



Nilgiri Hills, type loc. ; Jeypore Hills, east coast of Madras. 



G. gracilis BEDD., Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond., vii, Sept., 1906, 

 p. 170, pi. 15, f. 9, 9a. 



' The Jeypore specimens are slightly larger, the whorls 

 rather more convex and slightly angular close to the sutures." 



52. G. PUSILLA Beddome. PI. 8, figs. 9, 10. 



Shell turrite-oblong, thin, a little glossy, buff-corneous, 

 lightly striatulate. Spire turrite, obtuse at the apex; suture 

 crenulate. Whorls 6 to 6 1 /2, a little convex, the last two- 

 fifths the total length. Columella deeply arcuate, at the base 

 almost vertically truncate. Aperture semi-oval; peristome 

 unexpanded, whitish. Length 5 to 5.5, diam. 1.75 to 2 mm. ; 

 aperture 1.5x1 mm. (Bedd.). 



Ceylon, Rambaddy Ghat. South India, Anamullay Hills; 

 Shevaroys; Nilgiris. 



G. pusilla BEDD., P. Malac. Soc. Lond., vii, Sept., 1906, p. 

 171, p. 15, f. 5, 5a. 



" Much smaller than colletta, its nearest ally, with weaker 

 sculpture and paler color." 



53. G. MULLOKUM (Blanford). PL 13, fig. 10. 



Shell turrite-oblong, rather solid, pale corneous, diaph- 

 anous, rather remotely, lightly striate. Spire turrite, the 

 apex obtuse, suture impressed. Whorls 6, convex, the last 

 about one-third the total length, rounded basally. Columella 

 short, arcuate, slightly callous, obliquely truncate. Aperture 

 nearly semi-circular, vertical; peristome unexpanded, obtuse; 

 margins joined by a thin callus. Length 7.5, diam. scarcely 

 4, aperture 2.5x1.75 mm. (Blanf.). 



City of Madras (Blanford, Nevill). 



Achatina mullorum BLANF., J. A. S. B., vol. 30, 1861, p. 

 362, pi. 1, f. 17. H. & T., Conch. Ind., pi. 102, f. 5. PFR., 

 Monogr., vi, 228. 



