GLESSI7LA. 379 



Achatina (Electro) tenuispira, Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 



1870, pi. 36, fig. 8. 



Stenogyra (Glessula) tenuispira, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 169. 

 Stenogyra (Subulina) tenuispira, PfeifFer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 327. 

 Glessula tenuispira, Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, 



p. 160; Pilsbrv, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 88, pi. 9, 



figs. 1, 4. 



Original description : " Testa elongato-turrita, cornea, longi- 

 tudinaliter striata, versus apicem attenuata, columnari ; anfractu 

 ultimo interdum fasciis quibusdain albidis transversis ornata, 

 suturis impressis ; apice obtuso. 



"Long. 1 poll. [=25 mill.] circiter, lat. 0'55 [ = 14 mill.]." 

 (Benson.} 



Hob. India: Sylhet (Benson) ; Darjeeling (Stoliczlca, Blanford, 

 Sf Maimuaring} ; N. Canara (Beddome) ; Khasi and Dafla Hills 

 (Godwin- Austen). Burma: Akoutong and further south (Blan- 

 ford) ; banks of Irawaddy (Theobald). 



The measurement given by Benson width 0'55 inch is 

 evidently a lapsus or a printer's error for 0'25, as the Cumingian 

 specimens measure 7 mill., i. e. a trifle over 5 inch, the length 

 being 28 mill., a little exceeding one inch, therefore. 



Many specimens found in collections are evidently immature. 

 The Beddome collection contains a shell, composed of fourteen 

 whorls, which measures 41-5 mm. in length and 9 mm. in diameter. 



344. Glessula baculina, Blanford. 



Glessula baculma, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xl, 1871, p. 43, pi. 2, 



fig. 6 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 160. 

 Achatina (Electra) baculina, Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Jnd. 



1874, pi. 78, fig. 6. 



Achatina baculina, Pfeifler, Mon. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 291. 

 Stenogyra (Glessula) baculina, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 170. 

 Stenogyra (Subulind) baculina, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 327. 

 Glessula tenuispira, var. baculina, Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 



1909, p. 88, pi. 9, fig. 2. 



Original description : " Testa elongato-turrita, gracilis, tenui- 

 uscula, oblique striata, fusco vel fulvo cornea, epidermide nitescente 

 induta. Spira turrita, apice obtusulo. Anfractus 13|, parum 

 convexi ; inferiores subsequales ; sutura impressa, minute denti- 

 culata. Apertura obliqua, ovato-triangularis ; peristoma simplex, 

 acutum. Columella abrupte arcuata, oblique producta, ad basin 

 verticaliter truncata." (Blanford.) 



Alt. 38 mm. ; diam. 6'5-7'5 mm. Aperturse : alt. 7, lat. 4 mm. 



Hab. Sikkim Himalayas, Khersiong (Stoliczlca) ; Darjeeling 

 (Blanford, Maimvariny) ; Khasi Hills (Godwin- Austen). 



" This species appears to have escaped the notice of all previous 

 collectors in Sikkim ; it was found in association with its near 



