GLESSULA. 389 



A shell in the Theohald collectiou, from Mahableshwar, is in 

 very tresh condition and shows rather irregular incised spirals. 

 Three specimens from tlie same locality, in the Cuming collection, 

 are darker in colour; they measure 30xl0'o mm. The lieddome 

 collection contaius three shells from Poona, one of which has 

 IH whorls and measures 34x1- mm., while another possesses 

 12 whorls and attains a length of 30*5 mm., with a diameter of 

 onlv 11 mm. 



358. Glessula tornensis, Blanford. 



Glesmla tornensis, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 22, 

 pi. ;3, fig. 22; I'feiffei- .^- Clessin, Nomencl Ilelic. Viv. 1881, 

 p. o-jO; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. Loudon, vii, 190G, p. 163 ; 

 Bilsbvy, Mau. Concli. ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 09, pi. J I, tigs. '6, 4. 



Achutina {Electra) tornensis, Ilanley & Theobald, Conch, lud . 

 1874, pi. 78, lig. o. 



AeJiafina tornensis, Pfeifier, Mon. Ilelic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 278. 



Stenot/yra {Glessula) tornensis, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 167. 



Original description : — " Testa ovato oblonga, tenuiuscula, levi- 

 gata, nitida, polita, sub-obsolete striatula, fulvo cornea ; spira 

 elongato couoidea, lateribus convexis ; apice valde obtuso ; sutura 

 impressa, superne sub-corrugata. Anfr. 7-7^ convexi, ultimus j? 

 longitudinis superans, subtus rotundatus. Apertiu'asub-verticalis, 

 oblongo semiovalis ; peristoma rectum, teuue, marginibus callo 

 tenui junctis ; columella valde arcuata, albescens, antice fere 

 verticaliter truncata. 



'• Long. 2.3, diam. 14 mill. ; apert. oblique 12 mill, longa, 7 lata." 

 (Blanford.) 



H(d>. India : Torna Hill, Poona (Euezard, Blanford) ; Anamul- 

 lays, Tinnevelly, and Travaucoi-e Ghats (Beddome). 



" This rather fine species abounds on the hill mentioned, where 

 it has been procured in large numbers by Major Evezard. I only 

 found a few specimens myself. It is amongst the finest of the 

 species of Western India. In form it is remarkably similar to 

 (J. textilis, W. Blauf., from the Ananuillay hills, but it entii'ely 

 Mants the coloured markings of that species." {Blanford.) 



Beddome observes in connection with the species : "My 

 Travancore specimens were hibelled subtornensis by Nevill, but I 

 cannot see how they differ. I took a very beautiful dark chocolate- 

 coloured variety on the Calcad Hills in Tinnevelly." 



I have been unable to find the Travancore specimens referred 

 to by Beddome, but of three Anamullay shells, labelled suh- 

 iornensis, two undoubtedly pertain to G. tornensis, while the third, 

 which differs in several respects, has been made the type of 

 subtornensis. 



Four specimens from Poona, also in the Beddome collection, 

 range in size from 27 X 13'5 nun. to 26 x 14 mm., while two shells 

 from Torna Hill, in the Theobald collection, measure 2Q-o x 14 mm. 



