GLEaSULA, 413 



striatula, aufractibiis ultiinis sub leiite confLn-tim obsolete decus- 

 satis, aitidissima, olivaeeo-eoi-uea ; spira elougato-pyrainidata, 

 apiee obtuso, sutura iinpressa; anfractibus 9.1 couvexiusculis, 

 ultimo i testa) superaiite; apertura subverticafi, ovato-elliptica, 

 columella obliqua, leviter arcuata, albido calloso, basi oblique 

 truncata, peristomate recto, teuui. 



" Long. 16, diam. o^ mill. ; apert. 5 mill, longa, 3.4 lata." 

 {Benson.) 



Hah. ludia: Comercolly, Banks of Ganges, Bengal (Cantor); 

 Oolooberiab, Moisraka, aiul Jessore District {Nevill) ; Bombay 

 Gbats (Beddome). 



Tbe figure in Conch. lud. has considerably larger dimensions, 

 i.e. 21 X 8*25 mm., than those indicated by Benson, and it is, 

 therefore, doubtful if the shell represented is identical with 

 Benson's species. I have not seen specimens. 



394. Glessula veruiiia, Benson. 



Adiutina veniinn, Benson, A. M. N. II. sei-. 2, xii, 18o.j, p. 94 ; 



Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 185o, p. 132; Pfeiffer, Men. lielic! 



Viv. iv, 1859, p. 615. 

 Achatiita (Subulhm) veruina, Pfeiffer, Malak. Bliitt, ii, 1856, p. 169. 

 StencHjyra {Glessula) veruina, ISevill, Pland List, i, 1878, p. 171. 

 Stenofjyra {Subtdina) veruina, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 327. 

 Glessula veruina, Nevill, Euum. Ilelic. Ceylon, 1871, p. 3; 



Jousseaume, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, p. 295 ; Beddome, 



Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 167 ; Pilsbrv, Man. 



Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1908, p. CO. 



Oriijinal description-. — "Testa cylindraceo-turrita, valde elongata, 

 sordide albida, iuaequaliter striata, spira superne sensim attenuata, 

 sutura impressa, crenulata, apice obtuso ; anfractibus 12.4-13 

 angustis cylindricis, ultimo -f^ longitudinis vix sequante ; apertura 

 verticali, truncate -ovali, peristomate recto, aeuto, mar"-ine 

 ■columellari leviter arcuato. 



•' Long. 25, diara. 5 mill." (Benson.) 



Ilah. Ceylon : JNalande (Layard). 



Fig. 130. — Glessida veruina. 3. 



I have only seen a single specimen, which is in the Theobald 

 •collection, in the British Museum. It is composed of only nine 

 M'horls and measures 19x4 mm., but it agrees with the 



