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often far more easily described than the shell itself. In the South 
African genera, Peltatus and Kerkophorus, it is a beautiful object 
in the microscope. 
Under Glessula tenuispira, Benson, Colonel Beddome in his notes 
on Indian and Ceylonese species of Glessula in the ‘ Proceedings of 
the Malacological Society of London,’ vol. vii., Sept. 1906, p. 160, 
says: ‘“ Full grown ones collected in the Teesta V alley near 
Darjiling and in North Canara measure 44 mm. in length (vide 
Plate CLIX. fig. 1) and have fourteen whorls.” The single example 
recorded from N. Canara is now in the Natural History Museum 
and is before me. This is a part of India which was well known 
to Colonel Beddome—in fact, where his work as head of the Forest 
Department lay. 1t is noticeable there should be no history, no 
remark on the very remarkable occurrence of this species in 
Southern India, and that only a single specimen was secured. 
Until it is rediscovered very considerable doubt must attach to the 
accuracy of the habitat. The specimen may even have been 
purchased. 
GLEssULA CANARAENSIS, n. sp. (Plate CLIX. fig. 8.) No. 681 
Bedd. Coll. B.M. 
Locality. N. Canara, collector unknown. (A single specimen, 
if found again.) 
Shell elongately turreted ; sculpture: irregular fine striation ; 
colour pale ochraceous; spire long, apex rather blunt, rounded ; 
suture impressed, very ‘slightly notched on lower margin by the 
striation; whorls 14, flatly convex; aperture oblique, ovate ; 
columellar margin slightly concave, truncate below. 
Size: maj. diam. 8°5; length 41-25 mm. 
After very careful comparison with all the specimens in the 
Blanford and my own collection, I believe this to be a fine, 
more attenuate example of G. longispira, and that it really came 
from the neighbourhood of Darjiling. It is a single specimen, and 
its presence in Southern India has to be confirmed and the animal 
examined. 
Grussuta BAcuLINA, H. F. Blanford, No. 9-9.iii.15 B.M. (Plate 
CLLX. fig. 7.) 
J. AWS. B, xl 1871, p: 43, pl: ii. fig..6. 
Original description:—‘ Testa elongato-turrita, gracilis, tenuis- 
cula, oblique striata, fusco vel fulvo cornea, epidermide nitescente 
induta. Spira turrita, apice obtusult.  Anfractus 13, parum 
convent; inferiores subequales ; sutwra impressa, nunute denticulata. 
Apertura obliqua, ovato-triangularis ; peristoma sinyplex, actum. 
Columella abrupte arcuata, oblique producta, ad basin verticaliter 
truncata. 
‘ Alt. 38 mm.; diam. 6°5-7°5 mm.; aperture alt. 7, lat. 4 mm. 
“ Cepit Dr. F. Stoliczka apud Khersiong Himalaye Sikkimensis. 
