GLESSULA, CEYLON. OO 



Aperture triangularly semiovate, whitish inside. Peristom.fi 

 slightly inflexed, the margins joined by a thin callus; right 

 margin sinuous, slightly obtuse, columellar margin very deeply 

 arcuate, strongly truncate obliquely. Length 20, diam. 10, 

 aperture 9x5 mm. (Bens.). 



Ceylon (Layard): Kandy (Nevill); Maturata (Simon). 



Achatina parabilis BENS., Ann. Mag. N. H. (2), xviii, August, 

 1856, p. 96. PFR., Monographia iv, 606. H. & T., Conch. 

 Indica pi. 35, f. 7. S. ((?.) p., NEVILL, Handlist, p. 171. 

 O. parabilis JOUSSEAUME, Mem. Zool. Soc. France vii, 1894, 

 p. 294. 



This species seems to differ from inornata by its glossy surface. 



4. G. CAPILLACEA (Pfeiffer). PI. 7, fig. 5. 



Shell turrite, thin, hair-striate under the lens, glossy, pel- 

 lucid, greenish-corneous. Spire elongate, the apex rather ob- 

 tuse. Whorls 7, convex, the last scarcely one-third the total 

 length, obsoletely angular at the periphery. Aperture slightly 

 oblique, sinuate-oval. Columella arcuate, obliquely truncate. 

 Peristome simple. Length 9, diam. 4 mm., aperture 3x2 mm. 



Ceylon (Thwaites, in Cuming coll. ) ; Haycock Mt. (Beddome). 

 Achatina capillacea PFR., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 294; Monogr. iv, 

 614. H & T., Conch. Ind. 63, pi. 156, f. 3 (fig. of type). 



5. G. NITENS (Gray). PL 6, fig. 1, 2. 



"Shell ovate-conic, turrite, hyaline, corneous, smooth, 

 polished, the apex rather obtuse ; whorls 8, convex ; aperture 

 ovate, peristome thin. Length 0.7, diam. 0.3 inch." (Gray, 

 1825.) 



"Shell turrited, shining, pellucid, horn-color; spire coni- 

 cal; apex blunt; whorls 7 to 8, gradually enlarging, convex. 

 Aperture one-fourth the length of the shell, ovate. Colu- 

 mbia sharply curved. Axis !M$, diam. 54 f an inch " (Gray, 

 1828). 



Achatina nitens GRAY, Annals of Philos., n. ser. ix, 1825, 

 p. 415; Spicilegia Zoologica p. 5, pi. 6, f. 18 (1828). 

 FERUSSAC, Bull. Sci. Nat. 1829, xvi, p. 468. PFR., 



