TAUNUS. 9 



Shell subulate, acuminate; columella smooth, arched, exteiulinp; 

 into a parietal callus; aperture ovate, having an anterior canal 

 at the base. 



18. Faunus ater (Lianceus). 



Stro7)ibi(s ater. Linn. Svst. Naf. xii, p. 1213, no. 51G; Kiimph. Amb. 



pi. ;]<), fi--. li; Chcmn. pi. ISo, iig. 1227. 

 jVerita afra, ^liill. Verm. no. 375; Schroter, Flussoonch. p. .'571. 

 Strombfts atropurpurew, Schroter, Flu.<sconch. p. 372. 

 Strombus dealbatus, Gmel. no. 40, p. 3-523 ; Seba, Mus. pi. 56, 



fis-s. 13, 14. 

 Cerithinmjluviatile, Fer. Svst. Concli. p. 69, no. 1. 

 Melanamonu, Bowditcb, Eleni. Couch, pi. 6, fig. 19. 

 Pirena atra (L.), Mousson, Moll. Java, pi. 10, tig. 1 ; Reeve, Conch. 



Icon. fig. o. 

 Faunus ater (L.), H. & A. Ad., Gen. of ilec. Moll. ; Gray, Guide 



Svst. Uistrib. ; Chemn. Man. Conch, fig. 2080. 

 Melanopsis atra (L.), Fer. Monogr. Melanops. pi. 2, fig. 7, p. .32 ; 



Sow. Gen. of Shells, fig. 1 ; Ueshayes, Encycl. Meth., Verm, ii, 



p. 337, no. 11. 

 Pirena terebralis, Lam. Anim. s. Vert. no. 1 ; Quoy & Gaimard, 



Voy. Coquille, ii, p. 360 ; Sowerby, Conch. Man. tig. 316 ; Brot, 



Mater, iii, p. 23. 

 Pirena picta, Reeve, Conch. Icon. fig. 3. 



Buccinum ucicula, Gmel. p. 3.503 ; Lister, Conch, j)!. nilv, fig. 7. 

 Pirena acus, Lesson, Voy. Coquille, ii, p. 360. 

 Mela7iopsis atra, Pot. & Mich. Gal. pi. 31, figs. 7, 8. 

 MeUmopsis prince/)'<, Lea, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. v, pi. 19, fig. 74; 



Lea, Obs. Gen. Unio, i, p. 194, pi. 19, fia:- 74. 

 Faunopsis princeps (Lea), Gill, Proc. Ac. N. S. Phil. 1863 (Monstr.). 

 Pirena pa(/odus, Reeve, Conch. Icon. fig. 4. 

 Faunas acer, Linn., Nevill, Hand List, ii, p. 217. 



Sbell sharply elongatelj tapering, intense black, obscurely 

 minutely yellow-mottled ; whorls twenty or more, concavely 

 flattened, densely minutely wrinkle-striated; aperture small, 

 columellar margin callously incurved. {Reeve.) 



Alt, 84, diam. 19 mm. (Ueeve, Conch. Icon. fig. 5). 



Hah. Ceylon; Nicobars?; Moluccas; New Ireland; Penang ; 

 Java ; Philipphies ; Timor ; Burn ; Amboyna ; Celebes, etc. 



Var. perdecollata. Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 218. 



" Apparently a form constantly characterized by the strong 

 decollation, erosion of the surface and iron-rust, reddish colour of 

 the peristome, etc Very variable in size." {Nevill.) 



Alt. 76-5, diam. 21 mm. 



Huh. Ceylon, Southern Province {Nevill). 



