398 FERUSSACID.i;. 



nearly vertical, obovate-pyriforni, the margins united by a thin 

 callus on the parietal margin ; outer mai'gin gently curved, basal 

 margin arched, columellar margin regularly curved, obliquely 

 truncate. 



Length 26, diam. 10-25 mm.; aperture: length 9, width 

 5 mm. 



Uab. Ceylon. Type in the British Museum. 



Several specimens presented in 1907 to the British Museum 

 by Mr. H. B. Preston, differ from any known form, and in basing 

 a new species upon them J have much pleasui-e in dedicating it 

 to a former Secretary of the Malacological Society of London, 

 Mr. Alexander Reynell, who has added considerably to our know- 

 ledge of the anatomy of many Mollusca. 



The new species is unlike any Ceylon Glessula and can only be 

 compared with G. heddomei, but that species has a broader base, a 

 concave upper spire, a thicker shell, and is dilferently coloured, 

 being ot" a uniform dark fulvous, while the striae are also coarser 

 and stouter. G. reijneUi varies considerably in size. One shell 

 composed of 7^ whorls measures 22-5 x 9-5 mm., while another 

 ])ossessing 9-lr whorls attains a length of 32-5 and a diameter of 

 11-5 mm. One specimen, measuring 28x11 mm., has a slightly 

 broader base and is not flammulated like the type. 



Var. immitis, n. 



Differs from the type in being dull and lustreless, and in being 

 plicate-striate. 



Hah. Ceylon. India : Anamidlays. 



Two specimens also presented in 1907 by Mr. Preston were 

 labelled G. inomata, var., but this form is certainly nearer to 

 G. reynelli. A specimen in the Beddome collection, labelled 

 6r. beddomei, I also refer Avithout hesitation to the preseist form. 

 Several shells of G. heddomei from the Anamullays, in the 

 Beddome collection, were accompanied by a single specimen 

 Avhich, while approaching that species in colouring and length, 

 differs in having a narrower base, a convex apex and finer stnae, 

 characters which induce me to refer the specimen here. It 

 measures 30-5 x 12 ram. 



372. Glessula heddomei, Blanford. 



G/essidn heddoniei, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomer.cl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 

 p. 329 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. See. London, vii, 1906, p. \Qo ; 

 Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 73, pi. 11, figs. 10, 11. 



Original description : — Shell turrito-ovate, solid, finelv and 

 closely sub-costulately striated, dark purplish brown, epidermis in 



