392 FERUS8ACIDJE. 



Prof. Pilsbry, in copying Beddome's figures, has unfortunately 

 interchanged the numerals on the plate of the preseut species and 

 G. jeyporensis. 



G. wbserena is allied to G. textilis but is devoid of the spiral 

 bands and lines of the latter. 



The Beddoine collection contains several shells from the type- 

 locality and two from Sispara, one of which is dark fuscous and a 

 little more conoid than the type ; it has 6| whorls and measures 

 21xll'25 mm. The same collection contains three specimens 

 which were labelled G. inornata, from S. Canara, but which per- 

 tain to the present species. Of these two, composed of 6| whorls, 

 measure 20 x 9 mm., while the third, of 7| whorls, attains a length 

 of 25 mm., with a diameter of 11 mm. 



362. Glessula indica, sp. n. 



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

 smooth, slightly polished, pale corneous. Spire elongate conoidal, 

 with straight sides, suture rather deep, apex acute. Whorls 9, 

 convex, increasing rather slowly and regularly, last whorl less 

 than f of entire length. Aperture vertical, truncately semi-oval ; 

 peristome slightly thickened, corneous, outer margin regularly 

 curved, columellar margin rather wide, deeply curved, obliquely 

 truncate at the base ; margins united by a thin callus. 



Length 25*5, diam. 11-5 mm. 



Hal. India : Tinnevelly Hills, type (Beddoine) ; Anamullay 

 Hills (Beddome). Type in the British Museum. 



Fig. 123. Glessula indica. f. 



This new species is based upon five specimens labelled G. textilis, 

 in the Beddome collection (British Museum). It differs from that 

 species in the shell being of a thinner texture, in being smoother 

 but less polished, in the spire having straight sides, and in the 

 apex being more acute. The whorls are also more numerous and 

 more closely coiled, the last whorl being consequently less high 

 in proportion to the entire length of the shell. One of these 



