22 LAND AND FEESHWATER 



the Eeddoroe collodion) (Plate CLXIV. fig. 13) does not agree -n-ith 

 the species from (he t_V]iical locality, the Golcoiid:i Hills. It is, iu 

 ni)- opinion, a large variety of Glesmda crassula, Bs. 



Glesstjla saeissa, Eensoii. (Xo. 1596 L.M.) (Tlate C'LXI. 

 fig. 10.) 



Fuguirahanda, Jessore, Lower Bengal (Godwin - Austen) 

 (270.0tj.2.2) Diamond Harbour, Iloogly liiver (IT. T. JSlanford). 



Size : maj. diam. 68 ; length 188 nim. 



This is a liner specimen than the type described by Benson by 

 nearly 3 mm. I give enlarged figure of the apex (Plate CLXIll. 

 tig. 18). 



Achatina sarissa, B. A.M. N. H. ser. 3, vol. v. p. 463 (i860). 



Original description: — ''Testa elonrfcifo-conica, temii, hruujata, 

 striatula. anfrartihus ultimis suh lente confcriim obsolete deciissatis, 

 iiilidissima, oUcaeeo-cornea ; sjiira elutnjato-piiiamidata, apke ohluso, 

 S'ltura impressa ; anfntciihus 1 k coiivea-iuscitiis, ultimo i testce super- 

 ante ; ai-iertura suhverticali, ovato-eUijdica, columeUa ohliqua, leviter 

 arcaata, alhido-caUosa, bcisi oblique truncata, peristoviate recto, 

 tenui. 



" Long. 16, diam. 5 j mill. ; apcrt. 5 mill, longa, 3.1 lata. 



" Habitat prope Comercolly, Bengaliae, ad ripas flaniinis Gangis — 

 Detexit Dr. Theodore Cantor." 



Glessula gemma, Bs.; Reeve, Conch. Icon. Achatina, pi. 22. f. 123. 



Original description : — " Testa ovato-oUonga, solidiiiscula, Icevi- 

 gata, nitida, pellucida, purpurascenti-cornea ; spira elato-conica, 

 apiee aciitiitscuhi ; sutura pvofiuida ; anfr. 6 nnvexiusculi ; uliimus 

 f longitudinis eequans, hasi rotundatus ; columella arcuatu, suhcallosa, 

 perist. simplex, rcclum, margim dextro et hasali leviter arquaiis. 



"Long. 8-8|, diam. 4 mill., ap. 3 mill., longa 2 lata.'' 



As a subgenus of Cionella it was made the tvpe bv Von Martens. 



Xo. 3559. From Klioostia, Bengal. (Plate CLXI. tig. 26.) 



4. Hy. lilf. (9.iii.l5). From Bengal; authentic si). (Plate 



CLXI. fig. 27.) 

 Xo. 3382. From Chandanagore. (Plate CLXI. fig. 28.) Ee- 

 ceived from Xevill. 



5. Ily. Blf. (O.iii.lo). From Chittagoug, var. (Plate CLXL 



fig. 29.) 

 Xo. 3391. From Garo Hills. I have two specimens, much 



smaller and less tumid than the typical shell, measuring 



6x3 mm. Six whorls. This I distinguish as var. minuta. 



It is dark umber in colour. 

 This species is thus spread over the whole front of (he Delta of 

 the Ganges and Brahmaputra. 



