GLESSULA, 421 



shell, composed o 7j whorls, only attains 14*75 min. in length 

 with a diameter of 5'25 mm. 



406. Glessula facula, Benson. 



Achatina perrotteti, Reeve, Conch. Icon, v, 1850, Achatina, pi. 21 r 



tig. 102 (non Pfr.). 

 Achatina facula, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, v, 1860, p. 466 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 224. 

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



pi. 35, fig. 1. 

 Stenogyra (Glessnla) facula, Nevill, J. A.S.B. 1, 1881, p. 137,, 



pi. 5, fig. 18. 

 Glessula facula, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881,. 



p. 330 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 168 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 77, pi. 10, figs. 8, 9. 



Original description : " Testa turrito-ovata, teimi, laBvigata, 

 irregulariter striatula, translucente, nitida, pallide fulvo-cornea ; 

 spira turrito-conica, apice obtuso, sutura profundiuscula, irregu- 

 lariter vix crenulata; anfractibus 7|, subconvexis, ultima f testae 

 vix attingente, antice leviter remote plicato-striato ; apertura 

 subverticali, semiovali, coluinella breviter valde arcuata, callosa, 

 basi oblique truncata, peristomate recto, tenui, marginibus callo 

 tenui junctis. 



" Long. 1 8, diam. 8 mill. ; apert. 7 mill, longa, 4^ lata." (Benson.} 

 Hal). India : Nilgiri Hills (Jerdon) ; Pulney Hills (Nevill) ; 

 Kurnool, Anamullay Hills, and Jeypore Hills (Beddome]. 



407. Glessula illustris, Godwin- Austen. 



Glessula illustris, Godwin- Austen, J. A. S. B. xliv, 1875, p. 3, pi. 1, 

 fig. 5; ibid., xlv, 1876, p. 315; Pfeiffer & Clessin, , Nomencl. 

 Helic. Viv. 1881, p. 330 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, 

 vii, 1906, p. 168 ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 95, 

 pi. 11, figs. 13-16. 



Achatina illustris, Hanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1875, pi. 102, 

 fig. 9 ; Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 279. 



Stenogyra (Glessula) illustris, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 170. 



Original description : "Shell elongately o\ 7 al, greenish horny, 

 finely striated longitudinally; whorls 7, very slightly rounded, 

 suture moderately impressed, the lip thickened, columellar margin 

 slightly curved and strong, apex blunt. 



"Length 0'75 [ = 19 mm.], major diam. 0'3 [ = 7-5 mm.]; 

 length of aperture 0'3 inch [=7*5 mm.]." (Godivin- Austen.) 



Hob. India : Hengdan Peak, N. Cachar Hills, 7000 ft. ; Nenglo, 

 6000 ft. ; Luka Valley, Jaintia Hills, 1000 ft. (Godivin- Austen). 



u This species is an elongate and larger form of Glessula crassi- 

 labris, of which G. pyramis is a closer variety, but its much more 

 elongate form and stronger striatiou make it a good connecting 



