436 PERUSSACIDvE. 



the spire is more cylindrical, and the aperture smaller, while 

 finally it is of a different hue and its texture is much less glossy. 



Some of the specimens are immature, but one possesses 

 7| whorls and measures 10x3*5 mm. 



428. Glessula pusilla, Beddome. 



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

 p. 171, pi. 15, fig. 5; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, ser. 2, xx, 1909, 

 p. 84, pi. 8, figs. 9, 10. 



Original description : " Testa turrito-oblongo, tenuis, nitidula, 

 luteo-cornea, leviter striatula ; spira turrita, ad apicem obtusa ; 

 sutura crenulata ; anfractus 6-6^, parum convexi, ultimus f longi- 

 tudinis sequans ; columella valde arcuata, basi antice fere verti- 

 caliter truncata ; apertura semi-ovalis ; peristoma rectum, 

 albidum. 



"Long. 5-5-5, diam. 1*75-2 mm.; apertura 1*5 mm. longa, 

 1 lata." (Beddome.) 



Hob. India : Anamullay Hills, Shevroys, Nilgiris (Beddome). 

 Ceylon : Rambaddy Grhat (Beddome). 



"Much smaller than collettce, its nearest ally, with weaker 

 sculpture and paler colour." (Beddome.) 



There is something wrong about the measurements given by 

 Beddome, since the type, which was presented by him in 1906 

 to the British Museum, composed of 6| whorls, measures 

 6-5x2-5 mm. 



429. Glessula courtallica, sp. n. 



Shell cylindrico-conoid, thin, polished, translucent and dark 

 fulvous corneous when in fresh condition, very minutely striulate. 

 Spire narrow, with nearly straight sides ; suture impressed ; apex 

 obtuse. Whorls 6|, convex, increasing regularly, the last rather 



Fig. 137. Glessula courtallica. 



suddenly. Aperture oblique, subovate, peristome with acute 

 margins, no perceptible callus on the parietal wall ; outer margin 

 slightly curved, sinuous in outline ; basal margin regularly curved ; 

 columella deeply arcuate, obliquely truncate. 

 Length 6-5, diam. 2 mm. 



