430 FERUSSACIDjE. 



419. Glessula pulla, Stanford. 



Glessula pulla, Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix, 1870, p. 21, pi. 3, 



fig-. 20 ; Beddome, Proc. Make. Soc. London, vii, 1906, p. 169 ; 



Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, p. 81, pi. 13, figs. 5, 6. 

 Achatina (Electro) pulla, Hanlev & Theobald, Conch. Ind. 1874, 



pi. 78, fig. 1. 



Achatina pulla, Pfeiffer, Mon. Helic. Viv. viii, 1877, p. 287. 

 Stenogyra (Glessula) pulla, Nevill, Hand List, i, 1878, p. 166. 

 Stenogyra (Subulina) pulla, Pfeiffer & Clessin, Nomencl. Helic. Viv. 



1881, p. 326. 



Original description : " Testa parva, turrita, tennis, f usco- 

 cornea, parum nitens, levigata, striatula ; spira elongate sub- 

 conica, lateribus convexiusculis ; apice obtuso; sutura impressa. 

 Anfr. 7-8 convexi, breves ; ultimus \ longitudinis sub-aequans, 

 subtus rotundatus. Apert. obliqua, sub-ovata ; peristoma tenue ; 

 columella arcuata, antice oblique truncata. 



** Long. 7, diam. 2f, ap. long. 2, diam. 1| mm." (Blanford.} 



ffab. India : Torna, near Poona (Evezard, Blanford). 



" This is allied to A. FairbanJci, Bs., bat distinguisl>ed b^y its 

 more conical spire, smaller size, and darker colour." (Blanford.) 



420. Glessula malabarica, sp. n. 



Shell cylindrico-conoid, rather solid, translucent, pale corneous, 

 slightly shining, with impressed transverse lines, regularly spaced. 

 Spire conoid, slightly convex ; suture impressed, subcrenulate ; 



Fig. 135. Glessula malabarica. 



apex slightly obtuse. Whorls 7|, very slightly convex, gibbous 

 near the upper suture, the last equalling in width J of the entire 

 length of the shell, shortly ascending in front. Aperture vertical, 

 semi-ovate, parietal callus scarcely perceptible ; peristome thick- 

 ened ; outer and basal margins regularly curved, columella arcuate, 

 truncate. 



Length 7'5, diam. 3 mm. 



Hab. India: Malabar (type), Travancore (Beddome). Tvpe in 

 the British Museum. 



The Beddome collection contains five specimens from Malabar, 

 one being whitish corneous, arid a dozen from Travancore, 



