164 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ultimus f testse subsequans ; apertura semi-ovalis ; columella subrecta, 

 albido-callosa, peristomate recto, tenui, marginibus callo albiclo junctis. 

 Long. 28, diam. 9 mm. ; apertura 10 mm. longa, 5 lata. 



Rab. — Travancore Hills, above Calcad. 



Intermediate between Ckessoni, Bens., and Perrotteti, Pfr. The 

 sculpture is much less pi'ominent than in the former. 



21. Glessula Canarica, n.sp. PI. XV, Figs. 4, 4a. 



Testa tunito - oblonga, tenuiuscula, spira oblonga, apice obtuso, 

 politissiraa, purpureo-fusca, distincte et confertim subcostulato-striata, 

 sub lente confertim decussata, siitura impressa, anfractus 9, sub- 

 planiusculi, ultimus f longitudinis aequans; apertura verticalis, oblongo- 

 semi-ovalis ; peristoma tenue ; columella valde arcuata, antice fere 

 verticaliter truncata. Long. 25, diam. 9 mm. ; aperture 8 mm. 

 longa, 4 lata. 



ffab. — South Canara Ghats (Kudra Mukh). Rare. 



In its blunt, oblong spire it resembles the large form of amentum as 

 figured by Hanley. It is a beautifully sculptured shell. 



22. Glessula Anamullica (Blanford). 

 Achatina Anamullica, Blanf. : Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. xxxv 

 (1866), p. 37. 

 ffab. — Travancore Hills and Anamallays. 



Though a good many of this fine dark chocolate-coloured species 

 were taken, none of them had a firm lip, and though eggs were taken 

 from some of them they are probably not full-grown. It is not very 

 like any one species, the nearest to it being Perrotteti. 



23. Glessula inornata (PfeiJffer). 

 Achatina inornata, Pfr. : Mon. Hel., vol. iii, p. 490. 

 Long. 30, diam. 12 mm, 

 Sab. — Ceylon ; South Canara forests. 

 \ ax. minor. Long. 18-20 mm. 

 ffab. — Ceylon. 



24. Glessula subinornata, n.sp. PI. XV, Figs. 3, 3a. 



Testa oblongo-turrita, solida, confertim striata, striis minutissimis 

 obsoletis spiralibus decussata, fulva, nitida, apice obtusiusculo, sutura 

 leviter impressa, confertissime crenulata ; anfractus 8 planiusculi, 

 ultimus f longitudinis aequans, convexiusculus ; spira elongato-turrita ; 

 columella arcuata, albo-callosa, oblique abrupte truncata; apertura 

 triangulari-semiovata, intus albida ; peristoma simplex, obtusum. 

 Long. 26, diam. 8 mm. ; apertura 10 mm. longa, 5 lata. 



Bab. — Sispara Ghat, on the Nilgiris. 



Allied to the Ceylonese inornata and parabiUs. Smaller and 

 narrower than the former ; larger and with a more elongated spire 

 than the latter. 



Var. minor. Long. 21, diam. 7 mm. ; apertura 8 mm. longa, 4 lata. 



ffab. — Brumagherry Hills, Wynad. 



Of a pale steel colour, otherwise only differing in size from the 



