TIARA. 33 



" Testa ovato-turi-ita, teuuicula, nitida, cornea, sparsim fuseo- 

 puuctata. Spira modice exserta, Integra, acuta; anfr. 8-9; 

 supremi transverse plicati et longitudinaliter striati, medio 

 angulati et submuricutl, sec]ueutes convexiusculi, infra suturara 

 leviter constrict!, transversim sinuose costati, spar!>hn lougi- 

 tudinaliter striatidi, costis ad suturam in nodulis teriiiinatis; anfr. 

 ultimus basi liris elevatis 5-7 ornatus. Apert. ovata, superne 

 acuta, basi valde et subanguste eiiusa ; margine dextro valde 

 sinuoso, et versus basin conspicue arcuatim producto ; columella 

 torta, modice arcuata."' (Brof, in Conch. -Cab.) 



Alt. IG, diam. 7 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 8, diam. 4 mm. 



Hab. India, Bombay {Grateloitp), Quilon, Travancore, Cochin 

 {Hanley) ; Philippines (Cumimj); Java? {Dunlcer). 



Subgenus TAREBIA. 



Tarebia, 11. ^' A. Adams, 1854, Gen. Kec. Moll. p. 304 (as subgenus 

 of Vibe.v, Okeii). 



Tyi^b, Jlelania (jranifem, Lamarck; Timor. 



Kange. S. & E. Asia; Malaysia; Pacific Islands. 



Original description : — Shell ovato-fusiform, whorls granulose or 

 tessellated with nodules : outer lip sinuated towards the hind 

 part ; interior of aperture often furnished with spiral grooves. 



56. Tiara (Tarebia) batana (Goidd). 



Tiara ( Tarebia) batana (Gould), Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist, i, p, 144 ; 

 Otia Conch, p. 191 ; H. .^ T., C. 1. pi. 74, tigs. 8, 9 ; Nevill, Hand 

 List, p. 274. 



Origimd [descrijjtion : — Testa turrita, solida, fusco-virescente, 

 apiceerosa; anfi-act. (i-7, planulatis, postice sub-coronatis, costulis 

 longitudinalibus et volventibus gemmularum series tres effor- 

 mantibus ; apertura angusto-ovata, postice coronata, intus 

 caerulescente, columella alba. 



Alt. 25-5, diam. 38 mm. 



Hab. Tavoy ; Tenasserim Eiver. 



57. Tiara (Tarebia) broti {Dohm). 



Tiara (Tarebia) broti (Dohrn), in Reeve's Con. Icon. pi. 22, sp. 160. 



Melania chocolatum, Brot, Kevue Zool. 1860, June, pi. 16 fio- '^ • 



H. & T., C. I. pi. 71, figs. 2, 3 ; Nevill, Hand List, p. 276! ° 



Sliell ovately turreted, rather solid, burnt-olive; v^•horls few, 

 decussately wrinkle-edged throughout, concavely angled at the 

 upper part, spinously tuberculed at the augle ; aperture rather 

 small, truncated at the base, lip notched at the upper part. 



llah. Cevlon, 



