430 FERUSSACID.i:, 



419. Glessula pulla, Blanfonl. 



Glessula p^'^lc, Blaiilbrd, J. A. vS. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 21, pi. 3,. 



iio-. 20 ; Beddome, Proc. Make. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 169 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch. &er. 2, xx, 1909, p. 81, pi. 13, figs. 5,6. 

 Achatirm {Electra) indla, Hanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1874, 



pi. 78, fig. 1. 

 Achatina pulla, I'feiffer, Mon. Ilelic. Yiv. viii, 1877, p. 287. 

 Stc'no(/yra (Gh'sxula) j'ulla, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 166. 

 tSteiiogyra {Subnlina) pulla, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 



188i, p. 326. 



Orirjinal descriiAwn : — "Testa parva, turrita, tenuis, fusco- 

 cornea, parum nitens, levigata, striatala ; spira elongato sub- 

 couica, lateribus convexiusculis ; apice obtuso; siitura impressa. 

 Anfr. 7-8 convexi, breves ; ultinms f loiigitudiuis sub-aequans,. 

 subtus rotundatus. Apert. obliqua, sub-ovata ; peristoma tenue ; 

 columella arcuata, antice oblique truncata. 



" Long. 7, diam. 2|, ap. long. 2, diam. 1| mm." {Blanfonl.) 



Hah. India : Torna, near Poona (Evezard, Blanford). 



" This is allied to A. Fairhanlci, Bp., but distinguished by its 

 more conical spire, smaller size, and darker colour." (Blanfonl.) 



420. Glessula malabarica, sp. n. 



Shell cyliudrico-conoid, rather solid, translucent, pale corneous,^ 

 slightly shining, with impressed transverse lines, regularly spaced. 

 Spire conoid, slightly convex ; suture impressed, subcreuulate ; 



Fifj. 135. — Glcfsiila malabarica. 



apex slightly obtuse. Whorls 7|, very slightly convex, gibbous 

 near the upper suture, the last equalling in width 4- of the entire 

 length of the shell, shortly ascending in front. Aperture vertical, 

 semi-ovate, parietal callus scarcely perceptible ; peristome thick- 

 ened ; outer and basal margins regularly curved, columella arcuate^ 

 truncate. 



Length 7'5, diam. 3 mm. 



Ilab. Ir.dia: Malabar {i>ipe), Travancore (Beddome). Type in 

 the British Museum. 



The Beddome collection contains five specimens from Malabar, 

 one being Avhitish corneous, and a dozen from Travancore,, 



