GLE3SULA. 413 



striatula, anfractibus ultimis sub lente confertim obsolete decus- 

 satis, nitidissima, olivaceo-cornea ; spira elongato-pj-ramidata, 

 apice obtuso, sutura impressa; anfractibus 9| convexiusculis, 

 ultimo -f- testsB superante ; zipertura subverticali, ovato-elliptiea, 

 coluiuella obliqua, leviter arcuata, albido calloso, basi oblique 

 truncata, peristomate recto, tenui. 



" Long. 16, diam. 5| mill. ; apert. 5 mill, longa, 3| lata." 

 (Benson.) 



Hob. India: Comercolly, Banks of Granges, Bengal (Cantor)' 

 Oolooberiah, Moisraka, and Jessore District (Nevill) ; Bombay 

 Ghats (Beddome). 



The figure in Conch. Ind. has considerably larger dimensions, 

 *. e. 21 x 8'25 mm., than those indicated by Benson, and it is, 

 therefore, doubtful if the shell represented is identical with 

 Benson's species. I have not seen specimens. 



-394. Glessula veruina, Benson. 



Achatina veruina, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 2, xii, 1853, p. 94 ; 



Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll, ii, 1855, p. 132; Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. 



Viv. iv, 1859, p. 615. 



Achatina (Subulina) veruina, Pfeiffer, Malak. Blatt, ii, 1856, p. 169. 

 Stenogyra (Glessula} veruina, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 171. 

 Stenogyra (Subulina) vemina, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. 



Viv. 1881, p. 327. 

 Glessula veruina, Nevill, Enum. Helic. Ceylon, 1871, p. 3; 



Jousseauine, Mem. Soc. Zool. France, vii, 1894, p. 295 ; Beddome, 



Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 167; Pilsbry, Man. 



Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1908, p. 60. 



Original description : "Testa cylindraceo-turrita, valde elongata, 

 sordide albida, iuaequaliter striata, spira superne sensim attenuata, 

 sutura impressa, crenulata, apice obtuso; anfractibus 12|-13 

 angustis cylindricis, ultimo -^- longitudinis vix aequante ; apertura 

 verticali, truncato-ovali, peristomate recto, acuto, margine 

 columellari leviter arcuato. 



i4 Long. 25, diam. 5 mill." (Benson.) 



Hab. Ceylon : JNalande (Layard). 



Fig. 130. Glessula veruina. f. 



I have only seen a single specimen, which is in the Theobald 

 collection, in the British Museum. It is composed of only nine 

 whorls and measures 19x4 mm., but it agrees with the 



