GLESSULA. 427 



and its immediate allies. The specimens were received from 

 Nevill under the name used above; they may possibly be Gletsula, 

 No. 80 of his Hand List, since they seem related to G. subfusi- 

 formis." (Pilsbry.) 



415. Glessula orobia, Benson. 



Achatina orobia, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, v, 1800, p. 461 ; 



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

 Achatina (Electra) orobia, Hanley & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1870, 



pi. 18, tig. 7 ; var. fig'. 8. 



Stenogyra (Glessnla*) orobia, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 170. 

 Glessula orobia, Pfeitfer & Clessiu, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 1881, 



p. 330 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 169 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 96, pi. 10, fig. 16. 



Original description : " Testa ovato-oblonga, solidiuscula, laevi- 

 gata, leviter striata, striis uonnullis remotiusculis profunde im- 

 pressis sculpta, nitida, olivaceo-cornea ; spira convexe pyramidata, 

 apice obtuso, sutura inijiressa; anfractibus 6|-7| convexiusculis, 

 ad humerum angulatis, creuulatis, ultimo 3 testa3 superante ; 

 apertura vertical! semiovali, columella valde arcuata, callosa, 

 basi oblique truncata, peristomate recto, crassiusculo, obtuso. 



"Long. 11, diam. 5 mill.; apert. 4 mill, longa, 3 lata." 

 (Benson.) 



Hal). India: Sinchul and Darjeeling (Blanford) ; Naga Hills 

 (Beddome). 



Some specimens in the Beddome collection, from the Naga 

 Hills, composed of 6| whorls, measure 8x3'5 mm. Another 

 shell, possessing only six \vhorls, is rather convex, measuring 

 6'5x3 mm. 



416. Glessula scrutillus, Benson. 



Achatina scrutillus, Benson, A. M. N. H. ser. 3, v, 1860, p. 463 ; 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. vi, 1868, p. 227. 

 Achatina (Electra) scrutillus, Hanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 



1870, pi. 18, fig. 1. 



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

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



p. 331 ; Beddome, Proc. Malac. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 169 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 81, pi. 10, fig. 17. 



Original description: "Testa oblonga, solidiuscula, laevigata, 

 subremote striatula, nitidula, fulvo-cornea ; spira ovato-oblonga, 

 apice obtuso, sutura impressa; anfractibus 5| couvexiusculis, 

 ultimo ^ testae superante ; apertura verticali, ovato-elliptica, 

 columella valde arcuata, basi subito et profunde truncata, peri- 

 stomate recto, obtuso, marginibus callo crassiusculo junctis. 



"Long. 6 mill., diam. 2|; long, apert. 2J millim." (Benson.) 



