436 ferussacid.t;:. 



the spire is more cylindrical, and the aperture smaller, while 

 finally it is of a different hue and its texture is much less glossy. 



Some of the specimens are immature, but one possesses 

 7| whorls and measures 10 x 8*5 mm. 



428, Glessula pusilla, Beddome. 



Glessida jjusdkt, Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, 

 p. 171, pi. 15, fig. .I; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, 

 p. 84, pi. 8, figs. 9, 10. 



Original description : — " Testa turrito-oblongo, tenuis, nitidula, 

 luteo-cornea, leviter striatula ; spira turrita, ad apicem obtusa ; 

 sutura crenulata ; anfractias 6-6|, parum convexi, ultimus f longi- 

 tudinis sequans ; columella valde arcuata, basi antice fere verti- 

 caliter truncata ; apertura semi-ovalis ; peristoma rectum, 

 albidum. 



" Long. 5-5-5, diam. 1*75-2 mm. ; apertura 1*5 mm. longa, 

 1 lata." {Beddome.) 



Hah. India : Anamullay Hills, Shevroys, Nilgiris {Beddome). 

 Ceylon : Kambaddy Ghat {Beddome). 



" Much smaller than collettce, its nearest ally, with weaker 

 sculpture and paler colour." {Beddome.) 



There is something wrong about the measurements given by 

 Beddome, since the type, which was presented by him in 1906 

 to the British Museum, composed of 6^ whorls, measures 

 6*5 X 2*5 mm. 



429. Glessula courtallica, sp. n. 



Shell cylindrico-conoid, thin, polished, translucent and dark 

 fulvous corneous when in fresh condition, very minutely striulate. 

 Spire narrow, with nearly straight sides ; suture impressed ; apex 

 obtuse. Whorls 6;j, convex, increasing regularly, the last rather 



Fig. 137. — Glessnla courtallica. 



suddenly. Aperture oblique, subovate, peristome ^\•ith acute 

 margins, no perceptible callus on the parietal wall ; outer margin 

 slightly curved, sinuous in outline ; basal margin regularly curved ; 

 columella deeply arcuate, obhquely truncate. 

 Lengtii 6*5, diam. 2 mm. 



