GLESSULA. 397 



striata, striis minutissiinis obsoletis spiralibus decussata, fulva, 

 nitida, apice obtusiiisculo, sutura leviter inipressa, confertissime 

 creinihita ; ant'ractus 8, planiusculi, ultimus | loiigitudinis cequans, 

 coiivexiusculus ; spira elongato-turrita ; columella arcuata. albo- 

 callosa, oblique abrupte truncata ; apertura triangulari-semiovata, 

 intus albida ; pei'istoina simplex, obtusum. 



"Long. 26, diam. 8 mm.; apertufa 10 mm. loiiga, 5 lata." 

 (Beddome.) 



Hub. India : Sispara Ghat, on the Nilgiris. 



" Allied to the Ceylonese inoraata and parahiUs. Smaller and 

 narrower than the former ; larger and with a more elongated 

 spire than the latter." (Beddome.) 



Yar. minor, Beddome, 1. c. p. 164 ; Pilsbry, 1. e. ]). 73. 



"Long. 21, diam. 7 mm.; apertura 8 mm. longa, 4 lata. 

 Brumagherry Hills, Wyuaad. 



" Of a pale steel colour, otherwise only differing in size from 

 the type. Very near parahilis, but with a rather longer spire and 

 smaller aperture." {Beddome.) 



The Beddouie collection contains a number of shells labelled 

 " var. minor." They consist of 74 whorls and measure 21 mm. 

 in length, but with the addition of half a whorl they would equal 

 the type. 



371. Glessula reynelli, sp. n. 



Shell elongate-conoid, rather thin, opaque, a little shining, 

 finely costulate-striate, covered with a thin deciduous cuticle ; 

 pale yellowish corneous, here and there marked with dark 

 corneous or fulvous tlammules and transverse streaks. Spire 



Fig. 124. — Glessula reynelli. :]. 



convex-conoid ; suture rather shallow, crenulated ; apex obtuse. 

 Whorls 8, slightly convex, increasing ratlier rapidly, the last 

 whorl equalling about l the entire length of the shell. " Aperture 



