GLESSULA. 441 



ill size and shape; their dimensions are as follo\\>-: — fig. 138 a, 

 2(3 X 12 mm. ; fig. 138 h, 25 x 1 1-25 mm. ; tig. 138 f, 24 x 9-75 mm. ; 

 fig. 138 (Z, 23-75x9 mm. In the J3ritish Museum are four 

 shells from Tinnevelly, composed of Sh whorls and measuring 

 19 X 7"75 mm. 



Yar. exigua, n. 



Differs from typical JiJosa, besides being smaller, in having 

 the whorls more tumid and the suture deeper ; the last wliorl also 

 contracts somewhat towards the aperture. 



Length 12-5 mm., diam. mm. (8 whorls). 



Hah. India : 8iruraullay Hills, Dindigul. 



This form I found in the Beddome collection intermixed with 

 G. suhfilosa. 



435. Glessula suhfilosa, Beddome. 



Glessula mbfilv.-'a, Deddome, rroc. Malac. Soc. Loiulon, vii, 1906, 

 p. 171, pi. 1.% Hg. 8; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, 

 p. 86, pi. 8, figs. 15, 16. 



Original description : — " Testa elongato-turrita, tenuis, fulvo- 

 coruea, distincte plicato-striata ; spira elongata, ad apicem sub- 

 obtusa, elongato-conica ; sutura impressa ; anfractus 10 planiusculi, 

 ultimus subcarinatus ^ longitudiuis fortius vix cequans ; apertura 

 lunato-subovalis ; peristoma tenue ; columella valde arcuata, 

 oblique abrupte truncata. 



•'Long. 16, diam. 5 mm.; apertura 5 mm. longa, 3 lata." 

 (Beddome.) 



Hal. India : SirumuUay Hills, Dindigul ; Kuriiool (Beddome). 



" The prominent sculpture is like that of fiJosa, but it is a 

 very much smaller shell, with a much more elongated apex." 

 (Beddome.) 



The tvpe, which is in the British IMuseum, appears not quite 

 full grown; it possesses 9| whorls, and measures: length 17*5 mm., 

 diameter Cro mm. It will be seen that these details do not agree 

 \\\\h those given by Beddome when describing the species. 



The principal character separating this species from G.filosa is 

 the attenuated spire, concave near the apex, which is obtuse, not 

 acute as in the latter. The aperture is also less high in proportion 

 to its width. 



436. Glessula lyrata, Blanford. 



Glessula li/rnta, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 20: Pfeiffer 

 \' Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 331 ; Beddome, 

 Proc. Malac. 8oc. London, vii, 1006, p. 172; Pilsbrv, Man. 

 Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 86, pi. 13, fig. lo. 



Achatina [Electra) ruquta, llanlev & Theobald, Conch, liid. 1870, 

 pL18, fig. 9. 



Achatina ruf/ata, Pfeifier, ^Mon. Hehc. \iv. viii, 1877, p. 28L 



Stenogyra (Glessula) lyrata, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 167. 



