BY THE REV. J. E. TENISON-WOODS. 1053 



Family CIONELLIDA. 



16. Glessula, Albers, Helic. p. 194. 



Shell ovate, oblong ; thin translucent ; spire pyramidal ; apex 

 obtuse ; whorls numerous, last inflated ; columella short, arcuate, 

 abruptly truncate. 



Fifty-nine species in India, Malayan region, and West Africa. 



Glessula wallacei, Vir.^i:^Achatina ivallacei {Electro), Pfr. 

 Malak. Bl. 1855, p. 168; Novit. Conch. I. p. 82, No. 140, pi. 22, 

 flgs. 9-10 ; Mon. Hel. IV. p. 606. 



Sarawak, Borneo. 



G. SUMATRANA, von M&Yt.^ Achatina sumatrana, von Mart. 

 Ostas. Zool. II. pi. 22, fig. 5 := Cionella sumatrana, von Mart. 

 Monats. Berl. Ak. 18th July, 1864, p. 527 z=Achatina sumatrana, 

 Pfr. Mon. Hel, VI. p. 225. 



Sumatra. 



G. JAVANiCA, Reeve, = Achatina javanica, Reeve, Conch. Icon. 

 No. 79, pi. 17 ; Pfr. Mon. Hel. III. p. 493. 

 Java. 



Family PUPIDA. 



17. Pupa, Lamarck, Syst. Anim. s. Vert. 1st edit. p. 88. 



Shell usually very small, cylindrical or oval oblong ; umbilicus 

 slight or a mere slit, striate, plicate or ribbed, brown or horn- 

 colour ; columella plaited or sub-dentate ; lip reflected, dentate or 

 plaited within ; peristome joined usually by a callosity. 



Animal with a short foot, pointed behind, lower tentacles short ; 

 jaw smooth or finely striated, often with a superior appendage like 

 Succinea. 



Radula resembling Helix ; the central and lateral teeth similar, 

 tricuspid ; marginals very short and denticulated. 



