GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 85 



" This is one of the group of small Indian Achatinas com- 

 prising A. gemma Bens., and A. scrutillus B. From these two 

 shells the present species is distinguished by its conical spire 

 with straight and not convex sides, its paler color and sculp- 

 ture. Both varieties are found abundantly crawling on 

 banks, in a garden at Nungumbankum, a suburb of Madras ' 

 (W. T. & H. F. Blanford). 



54. G. BREVIS (Pfeiffer). PI. 13, fig. 13. 



Shell conic-ovate, thin, pellucid, tawny-corneous. Spire 

 conic, the apex somewhat obtuse. Whorls 6, moderately con- 

 vex; distinctly sculptured with strias descending from the 

 suture and vanishing downward ; last whorl a little shorter 

 than the spire, rounded. Columella twisted forward, almost 

 horizontally truncate. Aperture nearly vertical, sinuate-oval ; 

 peristome thin. Length 8 to 9, diam. 5 to 5.3, aperture 4.66 x 

 2.33mm. (Pfr.). 



Ahmednuggur (type lo-c.) and Poona; Jeypore Hills, east 

 side of Madras Presidency (Beddome). 



Achatina brevis PFR., P. Z. S., 1861, p. 387; Monogr., vi, 

 227. H. & T., Conch. Indica, pi. 18, f. 10. Glessula brevis 

 BEDDOME, P. Mai. Soc., vii, p. 171 (microsculpta Nevill MS. 

 mentioned) . 



According to Col. Beddome, "Hanley's figure is too broad 

 towards the base, and does not show sculpture, which is pecu- 

 liar." His Jeypore specimens were named microsculpta by 

 Nevill, but they seem not to differ from brevis. 



55. G. FILOSA Blanford. PI. 13, fig. 14. 



Shell subrimate, turrite, thin, corneous, vertically plicate- 

 striate, little shining. Spire elevated; apex obtuse, very 

 shortly conic, somewhat mucronate; suture impressed. 

 Whorls 8, convex, the last about one-third the total length, 

 rounded basally. Aperture vertical, lunate-suboval. Peri- 

 stome unexpanded, thin. Columella arcuate, whitish, lamelli- 

 form, thin, obliquely truncate. Length 21, diam. 9 ; aperture 

 5 mm. long. 



Travancore (type loc.) and Tinnevelly Ghats (Beddome). 



