148 BURMA, ITS I'EOI'LE AM) PllODUCTIOXS. 



Sub-famihj COLUMBELLINiE. 

 Foot anteriorly produced. Shell usually invested with :m epidermis. Inner lip 

 toothed, outer lip gibbous. The dentition resembles that of the Iluricida. (Adams.) 



*C0LrMIiELL.V VEIISKOI.OR, SoW. 



■^ „ LixF.oLiTA, Kien. 



* ,, FLAVA, Brug. 



* ,, OVULATA, Sow. 



* ,, MEXDICAUIA, L. 



* ,, zoxALis, Lam. 



* ,, PUMILA (?). 



* „ DccLosiAKA, Reeve. 



* ,, Akakana, Hanley (MS.). 



„ KiGRicosTATA, E. A. Smith. Andamans. 



„ PUELLA, Sow. Andamans. 



,, PARDALINA, Lam. Audamans. 



Zafra TExriscrLPTA, 0. and 11. Ncvill. Cape Xegrais. 



ExGiXA ASIEICTA, lleevc. Andamans. 



Fainihi Marginellidae. 



Teeth similar to tlinso of Vohda. Tentacles close together at the base. Mantle 

 with expanded side lobes, covering the shell. Siphon elongate. Foot large, truncate 

 before, elongated behind. Operculum none. Shell porcellanous, polished; columella 

 plaited. Outer lip thickened. 



*Maeginella angusta. Sow. 



* „ ccri.vQUEPLiCATA, Lani. 



Family Doliidse. 



Teeth in seven rows. Siphon recurved. Foot small. Operculum none. Shell 

 thin, ventricose, transversely ribbed ; aperture with an obli(][ue notch in front. 



*DoLnrji MACULATFM, Lam. 



* ,, CuMMixGii, Haidey. 



ErsGicuLA ACUTA, Pliil. Aralcau Coast, 



var. mimita, H. Adams. 



,, APICATA, Kovill. Andamans. 



Ftnnihj Ficulidae. 



Teeth in seven rows. Mantle covering the shell. Siphon long and straight. 

 Operculum none. 



Tlic animals of this group crawl very ra]iidly, beaiing their liglit shells easily 

 and with their neck stretched out, their siphon cxserted and foot expanded, present 

 a remarkable object. They are generally Hcsli-coloured animals, marked with 

 crimson and pink, their eyes largo and black, and tlieir long flat lieads and neck 

 usually white. (Adams.) 



*Ficin:,A Ficus, L. 



* ,, PAPTEACEA, Lam. 



Family Naticidae. 



Teeth in seven rows. Animal bulky. Tentacles distant, united by a veil. Eyes 

 absent or minute, and beneath the veil. Foot very large, with a fold in front rcflexod 

 over the head. Opereuligerous lobe very ample. Operculum paucispiral. The size 

 of the operculum seems to be in inverse ratio to tlie size of the mouth, being luirny 

 and rudimentary in Calinus, but ample and calcareous in Nafica. The eggs of 

 the Naticid/r; are arranged in broad subspiral bands or fillets, slightly attached and 

 resting on the sand. 



