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obtusiuscula; sutura subimpressa, confert-im denticulata ; anfr. 

 8| planiusculi, ultimus g longitudinis paulo superans, basi attenu- 

 atus ; colurnella leviter avcuata, paulo supra basin aperturae 

 subsemiovalis breviter truncata ; perist. simplex, acutum, mar- 

 gine dextro leviter arcuato. 



" Long. 18, diam. 6| mill." (Pfeiffer.) 



ffab. India: Nilgiris (Perrottet) ; Anamullays (Beddome)', Kota- 

 gherry and Ootacainund (Stoliczka). 



Jousseaume attributes this species to Ceylon, quoting Benson 

 as his authority, but, as I have been unable to trace any state- 

 ment to that effect by Benson, the only possible explanation 

 appears to be that Jousseaume must have confused the species 

 with some other. 



The British Museum contains three specimens from Vizagapa- 

 tam, which were labelled botellus by Beddome, but which are 

 undoubtedly forms of bensoniana. They have eight whorls, two 

 shells measuring 18'5 x 8 mm., and the third 18 x 8-5 mm. 



399. G-lessula tinnevellica, sp. n. 



Shell elongate-conoid, rather solid, more or less opaque, polished, 

 finely costulate-striate, the striaB crossed by excessively fine close 

 spirals, which are more prominent and distinctly incised at the 

 base near the parietal callus. Spire narrow with straight sides ; 

 suture superficial, crenulate ; apex acute, prominent. Whorls 8|, 

 increasing slowiy and regularly, the earlier ones flattened, fulvous 



Fig. 132. G-lcssula tinnevellica. f . 



corneous, the later ones slightly convex, dark chestnut with a 

 pale subsutural narrow band ; last whorl equalling in width -J the 

 entire length of the shell. Aperture oblique, narrowly obliquely 

 pyriform ; peristome \\ith acute margins, united by a thin callus 

 on the parietal wall ; outer margin descending nearly vertically, 

 basal margin slightly curved, obliquely descending, columellar 

 margin slightly curved elongate. 



Length 18, diam. 7 mm. ; apert. height 7, width 3 mm. 



ffab. India : Tinnevelly (Beddome). 



Three specimens in the Beddome collection (British Museum), 

 labelled G. anamullica, proved quite distinct upon examination, 

 being in fact nearer 0. bensoniana but differing from the latter in 



