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p. 230. Glessula hebes BLANFOBD, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 

 39, 1870, p. 21, pi. 3, f. 21. BEDDOME, P. Mai. Soc. Lond. 

 vii, 161. NEVILL, Handlist, p. 167. 



' ' The nearest ally to this species appears to be O. tamulica 

 (W. & H. Blanf.) from near Trichinopoly, which is distin- 

 guished by greater diameter in proportion to the length, and 

 a more regularly tapering spire. Intermediate forms may 

 hereafter be found however. 



"A specimen from the Shevroy hills near Salem in south- 

 ern India, sent to me by Major Beddome, only differs from 

 O. hebes in being longer and slightly more attenuate towards 

 the apex. It has 13 whorls." (Blanf.) 



"Ten specimens received from Blanf ord and E vizard, col- 

 lected near Poona, are all young, with quite unformed lip; 

 and all the types of hebes in Blanf ord 's collection, and the 

 specimens in the Natural History Museum and others that I 

 have seen, are the same. If full-grown, or nearly so, it 

 must be a much smaller species than shiplayi. It runs the 

 young of that species rather closely, but the apex is gener- 

 ally blunter. Specimens collected by me on the Shevaroys 

 are referred here by Blanford ; they are, however, immature 

 and appear rather to belong to fairbanki, if that species is 

 distinct, which I doubt. When collected I took them to be 

 young of shiplayi. Until hebes and fairbanki are found with 

 mature lips, they must, I think, remain doubtful species. 



"Hanley's figure of hebes has the tapering apex of young 

 shiplayi and is unlike my type of hebes." (Beddome.) 



16. G. FAIRBANKI (Benson). PL 9, fig. 7. 



Shell subcylindric-turrite, striatulate, obsoletely and very 

 minutely spirally decussate, polished, translucent, buff- 

 corneous, the spire having subconvex sides towards the apex, 

 summit obtuse; suture distinctly impressed; whorls 8, sub- 

 convex, short, the last four slowly increasing in diameter; 

 last whorl rounded below, one-fourth the total length; aper- 

 ture suboblique, ovate, angular above and below, the margins 

 joined by a callus; columella lightly arcuate, obliquely trun- 

 cate; basal and outer margins thin. Length 12, diam. 4, 

 aperture 3 x 2.5 mm. (Bens.). 



