GLESSTJLA. 397 



stria ta, striis minutissiinis obsoletis spiralibus decussata, fulva, 

 nitida, apice obtusiusculo, sutura leviter impressa, confertissime 

 crenulata ; anfractus 8, planiusculi, ultimus f loagitudinis sequans, 

 convexiusculus ; spini elongate- turrita ; columeUa arcuata, albo- 

 callosa, oblique abrupte truncata ; apertura triangulari-semiovata, 

 intus albida ; peristoma simplex, obtusum. 



"Long. 26, diam. 8 mm.; apertura 10 mm. longa, 5 lata." 

 (Beddome.) 



Bab. India : Sispara Ghat, on the Nilgiris. 



" Allied to the Ceylonese inornata and parabilis. Smaller and 

 narrower than the former ; larger and with a more elongated 

 spire than the latter." (Beddome.} 



Var. minor, Beddome, 1. c. p. 164 ; Pilsbry, 1. c. p. 73. 



" Long. 21, diam. 7 mm. ; apertura 8 mm. longa, 4 lata. 

 Brumagherry Hills, Wynaad. 



" Of a pale steel colour, otherwise only differing in size from 

 the type. Very near parabilis, but with a rather longer spire and 

 smaller aperture." (Beddome.} 



The Beddome collection contains a number of shells labelled 

 " var. minor" They consist of 7| whorls and measure 21 mm. 

 in length, but with the addition of half a whorl they would equal 

 the type. 



371. Glessula reynelli, sp. n. 



Shell elongate-conoid, rather thin, opaque, a little shining, 

 finely costulate-striate, covered with a thin deciduous cuticle ; 

 pale yellowish corneous, here and there marked with dark 

 corneous or fulvous flammules and transverse streaks. Spire 



Fig. 124. Glessula reynelli. f. 



convex-conoid ; suture rather shallow, crenulated ; apex obtuse. 

 Whorls 8, slightly convex, increasing rather rapidly, the last 

 whorl equalling about ^ the entire length of the shell. Aperture 



