82 GLESSULA, PENINSULAR INDIA. 



corneous, impressed-striate. Spire turrite, the sides slightlv 

 convex ; apex obtuse ; suture submarginate. Whorls 7, a little 

 convex, the last about one- third the total length. Columella 

 deeply arcuate, truncate at the base. Aperture oval-piri- 

 form ; peristome unexpanded, slightly labiate within, the mar- 

 gins joined by a callus. 



Length 9, diam. 3.5, aperture 3x2 mm. (Blanf.). 



Kolamullies, Patehamullies and Shevroys (W. King and B. 

 B. Foote, original lot) ; Hills in the Salem district; Anamul- 

 lays; Tinnevelly; Travancore Hills; Kurnool Hills (Bed- 

 dome) . 



Achatina paupercula BLANF., J. A. S. B., vol. 30, 1861, p. 

 362, pi. 1, f. 16. H. & T., Conch. Ind., pi. 102, f. 1. Glessula 

 p., BEDDOME, P. Mai. Soc., vii, 170, with var. nana. [G.] in- 

 conspicua Nevill MS., BEDDOME, I. c. 



1 The nearest ally to this small species appears to be the 

 Darjiling A. crassula B. Prom this it is mainly distinguished 

 'by the shape of the spire which is more convex at the side, 

 by its smaller breadth compared with its length, and by its 

 more marked and slightly marginate sutures. 



" A. paupercula is probably common upon the Shevroys. 

 All the specimens, however, found by Mr. King at that local- 

 ity are bleached, two specimens from the Kolamullies alone 

 retaining their original texture " (W. T. & H. F. Blanf ord). 



Var. nana Beddome. A shorter, more obtuse form, occur- 

 ring occasionally with the type form, and very like sattara- 

 ensis, but shorter (Beddome). 



49. G. SATTARAENSIS (' H. Ad.' H. & T.). PI. 13, 'figs. 7, 8. 



Shell oblong-turrite, rather solid, smooth, obscurely striate, 

 glossy, brown-corneous. Spire turrite, the apex slightly ob- 

 tuse; suture impressed, crenulate. Whorls 7, a little convex, 

 the last slightly over three-eighths the total length. Aperture 

 slightly oblique, oval. Columella callous, deeply arcuate, ob- 

 liquely truncate; peristome unexpanded, obtuse, margined 

 with whitish; margins joined by a thin callus. Length 8.5, 

 diam. 4 mm. (H. Ad.). 



Western India: Satara, Bombay Presidency (E. L. Layard, 



