414 



description. As the species has never been illustrated I have 

 thought it advisable to give a figure of this specimen. 



The type, unfortunately, appears to have been lost, as it cannot 

 be found in the McAndrew collection at Cambridge. 



395. Glessula hastula, Benson. 



Achatina hastula, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3. v, 1860, p 461 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 235. 

 Achatina (Electro) hastula, Hanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind 18.70, 



pi. 18, fig. 4. 



Stenogyra (Glessula) hastula, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 169. 

 Stenoffyra (Subulina) hastula, Pfeiffer & Olessin. Nomencl. Helic 



Viv. 1881, p. 327. 

 Glessula hastula, Theobald & Stojiczka, J. A. S. B. xli, 1872, p. 334 ; 



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



Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 93, pi. 12, fig. 12. 



Original description: "Testa turrito-subulata, tenui, oblique 

 capillaceo-striata, fusco-cornea, nitidula ; spira subulata, apice 

 obtuso, sutura profundiusctila ; anfractibus 9, primis convexis, 

 postremis convexiusculis, ultimo f testae vix attingente ; apertura 

 vix obliqua, ovato-elliptica, peristomatis marginibus callo tenui 

 junctis, dextrali recto acuto. columellari arcuato calloso albido, 

 basi oblique truncata. 



'Long. 12|, diara. 3| mill. ; long, apert. 3 mill." (Benson.) 

 Hab. India : Pankabari near Darjeeling (Stanford). Burma : 

 Kuniah Hill and Mai-i, Saudoway District, Arakan (Theobald & 

 Stoliczka). 



396. Glessula corrosula, Pfeiffer. 



Achatina corrosula, Pfeiffer, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 35; ibid., Novit. 



Conch, ser. 1, i, 1858, p. 104, pi. 29, figs. 9, 10; ibid., Mon. 



Helic. Viv. iv, 1859, p. 612. 

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



pi. 18, fig. 2. 



Stenoyyra (Glessula) corrosula, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 167. 

 Stenogyra (Subulina) corrosula, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic* 



Viv. 1881, p. 326. 

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



p. 167 ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 67, pi. 12 r 



figs. 5, 6. 



Original description : " A. testa turrita, solidula, sublaevigata, 

 punctatim corrosula, pallide cornea; spira convexiusculo-tufrita, 

 apice acutiuscula ; sutura levi, subcrenulata ; anfr. 9 vix convex- 

 iusculis, ultimo -f longitudinis vix sequante, basi rotundato ; 

 col umella perarcuata, oblique distincte truncata; apertura parum 

 obliqua, sinuato-semiovali ; perist. simplice, tenui. 



" Long. 15, diam. 6J- mill." (Pfeiffer.) 



Hab. India : Nilgiris (Shiplay, Blanford) ; Kurnool (Stoliczka).. 



Three specimens in the Cuming collection, from the Nilgiris,. 

 measure 14-5 x 4 mm. 



