GLESSULA, 429 



Var. frumentiim, Reeve. 



Achatina fruvientum, Reeve, Conch. Icon, v, I80O, Achatina, 



pi. ±2, fig. 1:24 ; Deshayes, in Ferussac, Hist. Nat. Moll, ii, part 2, 



1851, p. 169, pi. 134, %s. 22-24. 

 Achatina gemmu, var. frumcntum, Pfeiti'er, Mon. Ilelic. \i\\ iii, 



1853, p. 496. 

 Oleacina {Elcctrd) fruinejitmn, Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 1855, 



p. 105. 

 C'ionellu {Glessuld) gemma, var. frumentiim. von Martens, Die 



Heliceen, ed. 2, 1860, p. 254. 

 Glessuld qemma, var. frumeiitum, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomenel. 



Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 331 ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1009, 



p. 98, pi, 13, fig. 2. 



The whorls are less rounded, less polishetl, and of a uniform 

 lighter colour than in the type. 



Hah. India : Cbandpore, Bengal {Bacon). 



This is generally paler than the type, the whorls are less 

 numerous, and the spire is more conoid. 



The British Museum contains five specimen;^, labelled " Chand- 

 pore" ; they are composed of six whorls and measure 6"o x 3'1 mm. 



418. Glessula crassula, Iteeve. 



Achatina craasiUa (Benson), Reeve, Couch. Icon, v, 1850, Achatina, 



pi. 22, tig. 120; Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. iii, 1853, p. 496; 



ibid., Conch.-Cab., Bnlimus, 1860, p. 314, pi. 'lb, tigs. 16, 17. 

 Oleacina {Elect m) crasmla, Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 1855. 



p. 105. 

 Achatina [Elcctra) crassula, Pfeiffer, Malak. Bliitt. ii, 1850, p. 168; 



llanley ^: Theobald, Conch. l)id. 1870, pi 36, fig. 4. 

 Stenugyra [Glessula) crassula, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 160. 

 Glessula crassula, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomenel. Helic. Viv. 1881, 



p. 331 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. Loudon, vii, 190U, p. 169; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 98, pi. 13, fig. 4. 



Oriyinal description : — " Shell pyramidally conical, whorls seven 

 in number, flatly convex, longitudinally impressly striated, sutures 

 excavated, columella arched, conspicuously truncated, aperture 

 small ; whitish, covered with an olive horny epidermis." (lieeve.) 



Hah. India : Himalayas {Jerdon) ; Darjeeling (IStoUczJca, 

 Mainwarin'j); Ivhasi, Dafla, and ^I'aga Hills {Godwin- Austen); 

 Jaiutia Hills {Beddome). 



Reeve, in accordance with his invariable rule, did not mention 

 any dimensions, but Pfeiffer gave the following measurements 

 (Mon. Helic. Viv. iii, p. 496) from Beusonian specimens : — 

 "'Long. 9, diam. 4 mill., ap. "Sh mill, longa, vix 2 lata." The 

 British Museum possesses specimens from the Khasi Hills, one 

 -of which is composed of Ik whorls and measures 15-o x 7'5 mm., 

 while another, consisting of 8 whorls, only attains a length of 

 14 mm., with a diameter of 6 mm. 



