GLESSULA. 425 



core Hills, Soatli Canara Ghats, Xullainullays, and Kurnool 

 {Beddome). 



Beddoiue thought Glessula jxiviei, Morlet, from Tonkin was 

 identical with the present species, but the former has one whorl 

 more and is considerably more slender. 



Some shells from Travancore in the Beddome collection, com- 

 posed of seven whorls, measure: lenarth 14 mm., diam. 7 mm., 

 while others from the AnamuUays, also possessing seven whorls, 

 onlv attain a length of 13 mm. and a diameter of 6-5 mm. The 

 same collection contains specimens from Kurnool, possessing 

 seven \\ horls and me.asuring 12-75 x ^ mm. One of these had 

 the aperture closed by an opaque epiphragm, and contained five 

 spherical eggs. 



412. Glessula pseudoreas, yevlll. 



Achntina areas, Pfeiffer. Moii. Ilelic. Viv. iii, ]8o:3, p. 49"): ibid., 



Conch.-Cab., Bidimm, 1860, p. 31:>,pl. 25, figs. 8, 9 (not A. oreas 



(Bens.), Reeve). 

 Stenoyijra {Glessula) areas, Xevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 1G8. 

 Stemx'/i/ra (Glessula) pseudoreas,lSe\\\], J. A. S. B. 1, 1881, p. 136; 



Beddome, Proc. Malac. Sue. London, vii, 1906, p. 169; Pilsbry, 



Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 80, pi. 10, figs. 12, 13. 

 Glessula oreas, Pfeiffer & Clessin, ISomencl. Ilelic. ^ iv. 1881, 



p. 330. 

 Glessula pseudoreas, Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vu, 1906, 



p. 169; Pilsbrv, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 80. pi. 10, 



figs. 12, 13. 



Original description : — " T. subturrito-ovata, tenuis, laevigata, 

 parum nitida, fusco-cornea ; spira turrito-conica, apice obtusa; 

 sutura subniarginata, inipressa ; anfr. 7 vix convexiusculi, ultinius 

 i longitudinis subsequans, basi rotundatus ; columella penircuata, 

 albo-callosa, supra basin aperturfft elliptico-semiovalis oblique 

 truncata; perist. rectum, acutum, margine dextro leviter arcuato. 



"Long. 12^, diam. 5 mill., ap. 5 mill, longa, medio '2h lata." 

 '.Pfeiffer.) 



Hah. India : Xilgiris {Jerdon, Blanford) ; S. Canara Ghats and 

 Tinnevelly Hills (Beddome). 



"Nilgiri specimens collected by Mr. Blanford (which I take 

 for my type) measure— long. 11, diam. 5 (vix) mill, and are of 

 six whorls only." (NeviU.) 



Yar. subdeshayesiana, Xevill, 1. c. p. KWJ ; Pilsbry, 1. c. p. ^0. 



"Anfr. 6; long. 11, diam. 4^ mill. Type var. from the 

 AnamuWavs (Beddome); also from' the Puluey Hills (FfltV6«n^-)." 

 (XeviU.) 



