GLESSULA. 389 



A shell in the Theobald collection, from Mahableshwar, is in 

 very fresh condition and shows rather irregular incised spirals. 

 Three specimens from the same locality, in the Ciiming collection, 

 are darker in colour; they measure 30x10*5 mm. The Beddome 

 collection contains three shells from Poona, one of which has 

 11| whorls and measures 34x12 mm., while another possesses 

 12 whorls and attains a length of 36-5 mm., with a diameter of 

 only 11 mm. 



358. Glessula tornensis, Blanford. 



Glessula tornensis, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 22, 

 pi. 3, fig-. 22; Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 

 p. 330 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 163 ; 

 Pilsbvy, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 69, pi. 11, figs. 3, 4. 



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

 1874, pi. 78, fig. 3. 



Achatina tornensis, Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. yiii, 1877, p. 278. 



Stenogyra (Glessula) tornensis, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 167. 



Original description : " Testa ovato oblonga, tenuiuscula, levi- 

 gata, nitida, polita, sub-obsolete striatula, fulvo cornea ; spira 

 elongate conoidea, lateribus convexis ; apice valde obtuso ; sutura 

 iinpressa, stiperne sub-corrugata. Anfr. 7-7i convexi, ultimus | 

 longitudinis superans, subtus rotundatus. Apertura sub-verticalis, 

 oblongo semiovalis ; peristoma rectum, teuue, marginibus callo 

 tenui junctis ; columella valde arcuata, albesceus, antice fere 

 verticaliter truucata. 



" Long. 25, diam. 14 mill. ; apert. oblique 12 mill, longa, 7 lata." 

 (Blanford.) 



Hab. India : Torua Hill, Poona (Euezard, Blanford) ; Anaraul- 

 lays, Tinnevelly, and Travancore Ghats (Beddome). 



" This rather fine species abounds on the hill mentioned, where 

 it has been procured in large numbers by Major Evezard. I only 

 found a few specimens myself. It is amongst the finest of the 

 species of Western India. In form it is remarkably similar to 

 G. textilis, W. Blauf., from the Anatnullay hills, but it entirely 

 wants the coloured markings of that species." (Blanford.) 



Beddome observes in connection with the species : " My 

 Travancore specimens were labelled subtornensis by Nevill, but I 

 cannot see how they differ. I took a very beautiful dark chocolate- 

 coloured variety on the Calcad Hills in Tinnevelly." 



I have been unable to find the Travancore specimens referred 

 to by Beddome, but of three Auamullay shells, labelled sub- 

 tornemis, two undoubtedly pertain to G. tornensis, while the third, 

 which differs in several respects, has been made the type of 

 subtornensis. 



Four specimens from Poona, also in the Beddome collection, 

 range in size from 27 X 13-5 mm. to 26 x 14 mm., while two shells 

 from Torna Hill, in the Theobald collection, measure 26*5 x 14 mm. 



