390 FEEUSSACIDJE. 



359. Glessula subtornensis, sp. n. 



Shell oblong-conoid, rather thin, translucent, very finely striated, 

 smooth and strongly polished, pale corneous. Spire conoid, with 

 straight sides ; suture impressed, subcrenulate ; apex rather pro- 

 minent, very slightly obtuse, almost acute. Whorls 8, scarcely 

 convex, slightly shouldered above, increasing rather slowly and 

 regularly at first, the last three rather suddenly ; last whorl 

 nearly equalling in width f- of the entire length of the shell. 

 Aperture subvertical, broadly truncately semi-oval; peristome 

 scarcely thickened, outer margin scarcely curved and descending 

 nearly vertically, basal margin deeply curved ; columella arcuate, 

 forming an obtuse angle at the junction with the parietal wall, 

 very obliquely truncate at the base ; the margins united by a thin 

 callus. 



Length 26-5 mm., diam. 15 mm. 



Hob. India : Anamullays (Beddome). Type in the British 

 Museum. 



Fig. 122. Glessula subtorttensis. 



Differs from G. tomensis in having a much more acute apex 

 and a broader base; the spire in consequence is acuminate in the 

 upper part instead of convex as in its ally. The earlier whorls 

 are also more closely coiled, and the suture is less distinctly 

 crenulate ; finally the shell is less solid and more shining. 



I found three shells, labelled subtornensis, Nevill, MS., in the 

 Beddome collection. Two of these, however, proved to be simply 

 tomensis, while the third has been made the type of the new 

 species. 



360. Glessula textilis, Blanford. 



Achatina textilis, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxv, 1866, p. 41 4 Pfeiffer, 



Mon. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 220. 

 Achatina (Electro) textilis, Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, 



pi. 17, fig. 10. 



Stenoyyra (Glessula) textilis, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 168. 

 Glessula textilis, Pl'eiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 



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



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 109, p. 69, pi. 11, figs. 6, 7. 



Original description. " Shell ovate-oblong, rather solid, trans- 

 lucent, striated near the suture, smooth, polished, dark chestnut 



