388 TERUSSACID^E. 



Hob. India : Peak of Khunho, Eastern Burrail Kange ; Japvo, 

 7000 ft. 



"This species is an extremely elongate solid form of the 

 crassilabris section of Glessula, and one of the most distinct." 

 ( Godwin-Austen. ) 



From chessoni it differs apparently in having a more obtuse 

 apex, while from liuegeli it may be distinguished by the* more 

 flattened whorls and the concave tipper part of the spire. 1 have 

 not seen any specimens. 



356. Glessula butleri, Godwin- Austen. 



Glessula butleri, Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xliv, 1875, p. 4, pi. 1, 

 fig. 7 ; Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 330 ; 

 Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 163 ; Pilsbry, 

 Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 92, pi. 11, figs. 1, 2. 

 Achatina butleri, Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 278. 



Original description : " Shell elongately turreted, very thin 

 and brittle, tumid, pale corneous, glassy, very minutely striated, 

 apex very blunt ; whorls 8, rather rounded, suture deep, body- 

 whorl swollen and capacious ; aperture vertical, pear-shaped, lip 

 rather thin. 



"Alt. 1-13 [=29 mm.], major diam. 0'45 inch [=11-25 mm.]." 

 ( Godivin- Austen.) 



Hob. India : Eastern Burrail Eange, 6000 ft. 



A species I have not seen. It is apparently rare. 



357. Glessula chessoni, Benson. 



Achatina chessoni, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, v, I860. p. 462 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. 1868, p. 222. 

 Achatina (Electro) chessoni, Hauley Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1872 



pi. 17. fig, 8. 



Stenogyra (Glessula} chessoni, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 167. 

 Glessula chessoni, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 



p. 329 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 163 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 68, pi. 11, fig. 5. 



Original description : " Testa ovato-turrita, superne attenuata, 

 scabre plicato-striata, striis rninutissimis confertis obsoletis spirali- 

 bus decussata, fulvo-cornea, vel purpureo-fusca, translucente, 

 nitidula; spira turrita, apicem versus obtusiusculum attenuata, 

 sutura impressa, crenulata ; anfractibus 11| convexiusculis, ultimo 

 3 testae superante inffatiusculo ; apertura subverticali, semiovali, 

 latiuscula, columella subrecta, albiclo-callosa, basi vix oblique 

 truncata, peristomate recto, tenui." (Benson.) 



Long. 37, diam. 15 mill. ; apert. 14 mill, longa, 8 lata. 



Hob. India: Mahableshwar Hills ( Chesson, Theobald) ; Igatpuri 

 (StoliczJca) ; Torna and Purandhar (Blanford, Fairbank); North 

 Canara forests and Sircee (Beddome). 



This species is allied to G. huegeli but the spire has a more 

 acuminate apex with concave sides and a broader base ; it is also 

 thinner in texture and the suture is more crenulate. 



