12 TlAniD.T. 



Var. tirouri, Ferussar, Quoy & Gaini. Voy. de I'Astr., Zool. iii, 

 p. 159, pi. Ivi, figs. 38, 39 (as Melania tirouri) ; Xevill, Hand List, 

 pt. 2, p. 1^26. 



Original description : — Testa turrita, solida, orassa, indent er 

 trans versim sulcata, albida; aufractibus plano-oonvexis ; postice 

 siilco impresso divisis ; spira crassa, truncata; apertura ampla, 

 ovali et cieriilea. 



Alt. 54 mill. 



Hah. Celebes ; Philippines ; Puniar Eiver, Ciiddalore (Beddome) , 

 Vizagapatam {StoUrzJai) ; Aiidamans {lioepstorff). 



Var. confusa, Duhrn, Xexill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 225. 



Melania confusa, Dohrn, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 135 ; H. & T., C. I. pi. 72, 

 fig- 4. 



Orif/inal dtscription : — Testa turrita, solida olivacea vel nigricans ; 

 anfr. 10-11 planulati, spiralisulcati aut varicosi, longitudinaliter 

 striati ; apertura oblonga, albida, non detruucata. Operculum 

 corneuin, nigrescens, oblonguni. 



Alt. 72, diam. 18 nun. 



Aperture: alt. 22, diam. 11 mm. 



Hah. Ceylon. 



22. Tiara (Radina) claviis, Lamarcl-. 



Tiara {Radina) davus (l.aiHaick), Hist. Aiiim. s. Vert, vi, 1822, 



p. 165. 

 Melania acuminata, Dkr. Phil. Abb. 



Melania acus, Lea, P. Z. iS. 1850 ; Reeve, Con. Icon. fig. 92. 

 Melania (javdiosa, Hinds, A. M. N. H. xiv, 1844 ; Nevill, Hand List, 



pt. 2, p. 223. 



Shell shortly subulate, spire sharply acuminate towards the 

 apex, horny, rather thin, livid purple, white at the sutures ; whorls 

 twelve to thirteen, rather flat, tlie first longitudinally ribbed, the 

 rest smooth ; aperture ovate, columellar margin callous white. 



Alt. 25, diain. 85 mm. (Reeve, Con. Icon. fig. 92 as M. acus, 

 Lea.) 



Hah. JS^icobars (Nevill). 



Var. sobrius, Lea. 



Melania sohrius, I^ea, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 181, and Reeve, Con. Icon, 

 figs. 32, 80 ; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 223. 



" of a plain uniform colouration, without traces either of 



spots or bands." {JStvill.) 



Alt. 31-5-39 5. diam. 10-12-75 mm. 

 Ilah. Xicobars. 



