GLESSULA, 431 



labelled '-n. sp. near 2ni?la." G. malaharlm differs from tliat 

 species iu having a more convex spii-e and in being ol' more solid 

 texture, with a thickened peristome, while the kxst whorl shortly 

 ascends iu front. Some of the Travancore specimens are a trifle 

 larger, measuring 8-5 mm. iu length, and several are of a darker 

 fuscous colour. 



421. Glessula paupercula, Blanford. 



Achatina paupercula, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxx, 1861, p. 362, 



pi. 1, fig. 16; Pfeiffer, Men. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 227; 



Ilaiiley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 102. Hg'. 1. ^ 

 Stenoyyra {Glessula) paupercula, Nevill, llaud List, i, 1878, p. 169. 

 Glessula paupercula, Pfeirter & Clessin, Xomeucl. Ilelic. Viv. 1881, 



p. 331 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. 8oc. Loudon, vii, 1906, p. 170; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, sor. 2, xx, 1909, p. 81, pi. 13, fig. 9. 

 Glessula inconsjncua (Nevill), Beddome, 1. c. p. 170. 



Original description : — " Testa turrito-oblonga, solidula, uiti- 

 dula, fulvo cornea, impresso-striata ; spira turrita, lateribus vix 

 convexis, apice obtusa, sutura sub-marginata. Anfr. 7, parum 

 convexi, - ultimus 4- longitudinis subaequans. Columella valde 

 areuata, basi antice truncata. Apertura ovnli-pyriformis ; peri- 

 stoma rectum, intus vix labiatum, marginibus callo junctis. 



"Long. 9, diam. 3.| mm., ap. 3 alta, 2 lata." (Blanford.) 



Hah. ludia: KolamuUays, Patchamullays, aud Shevroy Hills 

 {King, Foote) ; Shevroy {Oldham}; Salem, Anamullays, Tinne- 

 velly, Travancore Hills, and Kurnool Hills {Beddome). 



" Tlie nearest ally to this small species appears to be the 

 Dariiliug A. crassula, B. Prom this it is mainly distinguished by 

 the shape of the spire, which is more convex at the side, by its 

 smaller breadth compared with its length, and by its more 

 marked and slightly uiarginate sutures. A. paupercula is probably 

 common upon the Shevroys. All the specimens, however, found 

 by Mr. King at that locality are bleached, two specimens from the 

 Kolamullies alone retainiug their original texture." (Blanford.) 



Var. nana, Beddome, 1. c. p. 170. 



" A shorter more obtuse form, occurring occasionally with the 

 type form, and very like satiaraensis, but shorter." (Beddome.) 



I found some specimens of the form nana from Tinnevelly in 

 the Beddome collection, having only six whorls and measuring 

 5 mn). in length. It approaches suhjerdoni, especially the var. 

 minor, but the latter has a more convex spire. In the same col- 

 lection I found a large (quantity of shells, from the Kurnool Hills, 

 labelled " G. incon,s2)icua, Nevill MS.," which I am unable to 

 separate from paupercula. I hesitated before recording this fact 

 and thus adding another superfluous MS. name to literature, 

 alreadv encumbered with so many of these, but having found 



