26 TIAEID^. 



Melania menkeanu, Lea, Brot in Conch.-Cab. 187.'), p. 91, pi. 11, 

 figs. 1, 1 «, 6 ; H. & T., C. I. p. 45, pi. 110, fig. 6. 



Testa turrita vel couoideo-turrita, solidula, fusco-olivacea non- 

 nunquam brunneo bi- vel trifasciata ; spira decollata, anfr. super- 

 stit. ad 8, convexi, in medio anc/ulati, infra anguluni transversim 

 plicati, plicis ad angulum in spinas breves, extvs directas termi- 

 natis. Anfr. ultinius basi obsolete iiratns, linea suturali con- 

 spicue fdoso-angulata. Apert. elliptico-ovata, superne acuta et 

 jingustata, basi angiilatim producta ; columella contovta, margine 

 dextro simplici, basin versus protracto. {Brot, in Concb.-Cab.) 



Alt. 40, diani. 20 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 18*5, diam. 9 mm. 



Hah. Bengal. 



Yar. microstoma, Ncvill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 261. 



A small form with a small and almost rounded aperture. 

 Alt. 25, diam. 11*75 mm. 

 Hah. Syibet. 



42. Tiara fMelanoides) baccata {Goidd). 



Tiara {Melanoides) baccata (Gould), I'roc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 ii, p. 219; Otia Conch, p. 200; H. & T., 0. I. pi. 75, figs. 1, 4 ; 

 Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 262. 



Original description : — Testa magna, crassa, elongato-turrita, 

 epidermide fusco-castaneo induta ; spira decollata, anfr. 6 rotun- 

 datis, plicis lougitudinalibus et costis volventibus triseriatim 

 nodoso-decussatis, ultimo ad basim 4 costato ; apertura lunata, 

 labio antice producto, columella aurantia valde arcuata ; fauce 

 cserulescente fusco-fasciato._ 



Alt. 51, diam. 18"5 mm. 



Hah. Thouug-yin Eiver, Burma. 



Subvar. recta, A>r;7Z, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 262 ; Brot, in Concb.- 

 Cab. 1874, pi. !J, fig. 6 (as J/, haccata, Gld.). 



" "Well represented by the above figure, but more decollate, 

 only 2k whorls remaining." (Nevill.) Upper Salwin. 



The following varieties are depicted by Hanley and Theobald 

 in the Conch. Indica, pi. 75, tigs. 2, 3, both from the Shan 

 States : — 



Yar. fusiformis. 



Yar. pyramidalis. 



Melanoides variabilis, var. 2)t/ramidalis, Theobald. J. A. S. B. 

 xxxiv, 1865, pt. 2, pi. 19, fig. 7. 



