GLESSULA. '37 i^ 



Achatina {Electra) tenuispiru, Ilanlev & Theobald, Couch. Ind. 



1870, pi. ;:16, fig. 8. 

 Stenof/i/ra ( Glessula) tenuispira, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 169. 

 Steitu(/yra (Safmlina) fenMispira,'Pieiffer Sc Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. .•527. 

 O/ossula temiisinra, Beddome, Proc. Malac. 8oc. London, vii, ]900, 



p. 1(50: Pilsbrv, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 88, pi. 9, 



figs. 1,4. 



Original description : — " Teshi elongato-turrita, cornea, lougi- 

 tudinaliter striata, versus apieein attenuata, coliimnari ; anfractu 

 ultimo interdum fasciis qiiibusdain albidis trausversis ornata, 

 suturis impressis ; apice obtuso. 



"Long, i poll. [=25 mill] circiter, lat. 0-55 [ = 14 mill.]." 

 (IJenson.) 



Hal). India: Sylliet {Benson); Darjeeling (SloUc:tl'a, Blanford, 

 6,- Mainwarin;/); N. Canara (Beddome); Khasi and Dafla Hills 

 (Godwin-Austen). Burma: Akoutong and further south (Blan- 

 ford); banks of Irawaddy ('fheobald). 



The measurement given by Benson — width 0*55 inch— is 

 evidently a lapsus or a printer's error for 0-25, as the Cumingian 

 specimens measure 7 mill., i. e. a trifle over ^ inch, the length 

 being 28 mill., a little exceeding one inch, therefore. 



Manv specimens found in collections are evidently immature. 

 The Beddome collection contains a shell, composed of fourteen 

 whorls, which measures 41-5 mm. in length and !' mm. in diameter. 



344. Glessula baculina, Blanford. 



Glessula hacnlmn, JUanford, J. A. S. P.. xl, 1871, p. 4-3, pi. 2, 



fig. 6 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, liKXi, p. 160. 

 Achatina (Electra) havulina, Hanley & Theobald, Couch. Ind. 



1874, pl. 78, fig. 6. 

 Achatina /jaculina, Pfeifler, Mou. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 2i)l. 

 Steno(/!/ra (Glessula) baculina, Nevill, Hand List, i. 1878, p. 170. 

 Stenut/yra (Sulndina) baculina, Pfeifier ^: Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv.' 1881, p. 327. 

 Glessula tenuispira. \ai: baculina, Pilsbrv, Man. Couch, ser. 2, xx, 



1909, p. 88, pl. 9, fig. 2. 



Original description : — " Testa elongato-turrita, gracilis, tenui- 

 uscula, oblique striata, fusco vel fulvo cornea, epidermide nitescente 

 induta. Spira turrita, apice obtusulo. Anfractus 13.V, parum 

 convexi ; inferiores subicquales ; sutura impressa, minute denti- 

 culata. Apertura obliqua, ovato-triangularis ; peristoma simplex, 

 acutum. Columella abrupte arcuata, oblique producta, ad basin 

 verticaliter truncata." (Blanford.) 



Alt. ;}S mm.; diam. 6-5-7-r) mm. Apertura^ : alt. 7, lat. 4 mm. 



/Iul>. Sikkim Himalayas, Khersiong (,'StoUczl.a) ; Darjeeling 

 (Blanford, Malnvaring) ; Khasi Hills (Godwin- Austen). 



" This species appears to have escaped the notice of all previous 

 collectors in 8ikkim ; it was found in association with its near 



