20 tiarid.t:. 



38. Tiara (Striatella) crebra (Lea). 



Tiam (Striatella) crebra (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 193 (as 31. crebra) ; 

 Reeve, Cou. Icon. 1860, sp. 162 ; var. from Nicobars, Brot, pi. 3:5, 

 fig. 2, as of Sect. Tarebia ; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 238. 



Orif/inal description : — Testa caucellata, elevato-conica, crassa, 

 tenebroso-castanea ; spira valde elevata ; anfractibus decern, con- 

 vexiusculis, ad basim striis impressis ; apertura parvula, ovata, 

 intus albida ; ad basim rotunda ; columella incurvata. 



Alt. 37*5, diam. 12-5 mm. 



Hab. Pbilippines (Lea) ; Preparis Isd., Bay of Bengal (Stol- 

 iczka, Wood-Mason) ; S. Andaman (Roepstorff) ; Kancowri and 

 Tvatcball, Nieobars (Boepstorff). 



Subvar. emaciata, Nevill, torn. cit. p. 239. 



" Besides tbe more contracted whorls the coloration is darker 

 and the longitudinal sculpture less developed." 

 Alt. 28*5, diam. 7 mm. 

 Hab. Katcball and JNancowri, Nicobar Islands (Boepstorff'). 



34. Tiara (Striatella) rivalaris (PhUippi). 



Tiara (Striatella) rimdaris (Philippi), Abbild. ii, pi. 4, fig. 6, 1847, 

 p. 171 ; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 247. 



Original description : — Testa turrita, virescente, apice decollata ; 

 anfractibus 7, convexis, sutura profunda divisis, transverse striatis, 

 superioribus lineis rufis longitudinalibus, medianis serie transversa 

 punctorum infra suturam, pictis ; apertura ovato-oblonga, superne 

 acuta, basi eff usa : labro basi valde producto. 



Alt. 20, diam. 6-75 mm. 



Hah. Java; Audamans (Iioepst07-ff). 



Var. siibunifascialis, Nevill, torn. cit. 



" . . . . tbe spiral striation is more or less obsolete on the upper 

 portion of the whorls, imparting a very characteristic appearance 

 to the shell ; basal band round the columella not visible within 

 the aperture." 



Alt. 19 (whorls S|), diam. 6 mm. 



Hah. Andamans (lioepstorfj^). 



85. Tiara (Striatella) pyramis (Benson). 



Tiara (Striatella) pijramis (Benson), as Species B, Gleanings in 

 Science, no. 13, 1830, p. 22 ; Hutton, J. A. S. B. xviii, 1850, 

 pt. 2, p. 658 ; II. & T., C. I. pi. 110. figs. 3, 4. 



Onginal descrij'tion : — Shell subulate-turreted, translucent ; 

 whorls depressed, with longitudinal and transverse ruga?, which 

 give a decussated appearance to the upper whorls. Colour pallid. 



