GLESSULA. 421 



shell, composed of 7\ wliorls, only attains 14-7o nun. in length 

 with a diameter of 5-25 nun. 



-J 06. Glessula facula, Boisou. 



Achutiua perrofteti, Reeve, Conch. Icon, v, ]8.')0, AcJudina, iil. I'l, 



fig. 102 (non Pfr.). 

 Achat ilia facula, Heiison. A.'Nf. N. TI. ser. ."3, v, IBCiQ, p. 466; 



I'feifler," Men. Ilelic. Viv. vi, 18G8, p. 224. 

 Achatlna {Electrcc) facula, Ilanlev & Theobald, Couch. Tnd. 1870,. 



pi. .35, fig. 1. 

 Steno(/i/ra (Glessula) facula, Nevill, .1. A. S. J>. 1, 1881, p. 187, 



pi. 5, fig. 18. 

 Glessula facula, Pfeiffer & Cle.isin, Noinencl. Ilelic. Viv. 1881, 



]). 3:iO; Beddonie. Troc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906. p. 168 ^ 



Pilsbrv, Man. Conch, s^er. 2, xx, 1909, p. 77. pi. 10, ligs. 8, 9. 



Oru/inal description : — " Testa turrito-ovata, tenui, Isevigata, 

 irreguiariter striatula, translucente, nitida, pallide fulvo-coruea ; 

 spira tuvrito-conica, apice obtuse, siitnra proFundiuscula, irregu- 

 iariter vix crenulata ; anfractibus Ik, subconvexis, ultima 'i testae 

 vix attingente, antice leviter remote plicato-striato ; apertuni 

 subverticali, semiovali, columylla breviter valde arcuata, callosa, 

 basi oblique trnncata, peristomate recto, tenni, marginibus callo 

 tenui junctis. 



"Long. lS,diam. 8 mill.; apert. 7 mill, longa, 4;i lata." (Benson.) 

 Hah. India: Nilgiri Hills (Jerdon) ; Pulney Hills (Nevill); 

 Kurnool, Anamullay Hills, and Jeypore Hills (Beddomc). 



4u7. Glessula illustris, God win -Austen. 



Glessula illustris, Godwin-Austen, J. A. 8. B. xliv, 187o, p. 3. pi. 1, 

 fig. o; ibid., xlv, 1876, p. ."Uo ; Pfeitl'er & Clessin, Xonieucl. 

 Ilelic. Viv. 1881, p. 3.30; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. Loudon, 

 vii, 1906, p. 168 ; Pilsbrv, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx. 1909. p. 9.5, 

 pi. il, figs. 13-16. 



Achatina illuMris, Ilanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 102, 

 fig. 9 ; Pfeiffer, Mon. lielic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 279. 



Stenoyyra {Glessula) illustris, Nevill, Hand List, i. 1878, p. 170. 



Oricjinal description : — "Shell elongately o\al, greenish horny, 

 finely striated longitudinally ; whorls 7, very slightly rounded, 

 suture moderately impressed, the lij) thickened, columellar margin 

 slightly curved and strong, apex blnnt. 



" licngth 0-75 [ = 19 mm.], major diam. OS [ = 7-'5 nun.]; 

 length of aperture 3 inch r = 7"n nnn.j." (Godtvin-Austen .) 



Hah. India : Hengdan Peak, X. Cachar Hills, 7000 ft. ; Xenglo, 

 6000 ft. ; lyuka Valley, Jaintia Hills, 1000 'it, (Godwin-Austen). 



" This species is an elongate and larger form of Glessula crnssi- 

 labris, of which G. j})/ra)nis is a closer variety, but its much more 

 elongate form and stronger striation make it a good connecting 



