410 FBEUSSACIDjE. 



Glessula pyramis, Godwin-Austen, 3. A. S. B. xliv, 1875, p. 3 ; 



Nevill, J. A. S. B. xlvi, 1877, p. 26 ; Nevill in Anderson, Zool. 



Res. Exp. W. Yunnan, i, 1878, Moll. p. 886 ; Pfeiffer & Clessin, 



Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 331 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. 



London, vii, 1906, p. 166 ; Pilsbiy, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, 



p. 92, pi. 12, fig. 1. 

 Stenoyyra (Glessula) pyramis, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 169 ; 



var. major, Nevill, op. cit. p. 169. 



Original description : "Testa oblongo-turrita, solidula, IsBvigata, 

 striatula, nitida, luteo-cornea; spira turrita, lateribus convexius- 

 culis, apice obtusiusculo, sutura impressa ; anfractibus 8, convex- 

 iusculis, ultimo ^ testae sequante, antice obsolete plicato ; apertura 

 subverticali, elliptico-semiovali, columella arcuata, callosa, basi 

 oblique truncata, peristomate recto obtuso, intus albido-labiato. 



" Long. 15, diam. 6 mill. ; apert. 5 mill, longa, 2| lata." 

 (Benson.) 



Hob. ludia: Teria Grhat, Khasi Hills (Theobald, Godwin- Austen). 

 Var. major, China : Ponsee, Yunnan (Anderson). 



This species resembles G. bensoniana in shape and general 

 appearance, but although a much smaller shell it has the same 

 number of whorls, which are more closely coiled. 



The shell is distantly and irregularly ribbed. There are four 

 specimens in the Theobald collection in the British Museum, 

 from the Khasi Hills, consisting of 8| whorls, and measuring 

 14x6 mm. 



389. Glessula leptospira, Benson. 



Achatina leptospira, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, xv, 1865, p. 14 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 233. 

 Achatina (Electra) leptospira, Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 



1870, pi. 35, fig. 2. 



Stenogyra (Glessula) leptospira, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 171. 

 Stenoyyra (Subulina) leptospira, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 326. 

 Glessula leptospira, Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, 



p. 166 ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx. 1909, p. 65, pi. 12, fig. 2. 



Original description: "A. testa oblongo-turrita, striatula, 

 nitente, pallide t'usco-cornea ; spira subanguste turrita, apice 

 obtuso, sutura profundiuscula, crenulata ; anfractibus 9, con- 

 vexiusculis, superioribus brevibus convexioribus, ultimo l longi- 

 tudiuis non aequante ; apertura subobliqua, elliptica, marginibus 

 callo junctis, columellari arcuato, oblique truncate, dextro tenui. 



" Long. 16, lat. 6 mill." (Benson.) 



Hab. India: Soomeysur Hills (Theobald). 



390. Glessula sisparica, sp. n. 



Shell elongate-conoid, translucent, pale fuscous, finely and 

 densely costulate-striate, the striae slightly flexuous close to the 

 suture. Spire narrow, with straight sides ; suture rather deep ; 



