34 TIARID^. 



'•• Strougly graiu-wrinlded throughout, and conspicuously coron- 

 ated with spine-tubercles." {Reeve.) 



Subvar. sulDviridis, Nevill, torn. cit. 



"... it may faii'ly be considered a connecting link between this 

 species and M. ritdis." (Nevill.) 



Alt. 26, diam. 1V25 mm. (decollate, 3| whorls only remaining). 

 Bab. Ceylon {Layard). 



58. Tiara (Tarel)ia) riidis {Lea). 



Tiara (Tarebia) ntdis (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 186 ; Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon. pi. 24, sp. 172 ; H. & T., C. I. pi. 74, figs. 7, 10, as Melania 

 nulls ; Nevill, Hand List, p. 275. 



Original description : — Testa plicata, subfusiformi, crassa,[cornea ; 

 spira subelevata ; siituris irreguhxriter impressis ; anfractibus plan- 

 ulatis transversim lineis impresses cinctis, superne canaliculalis ; 

 plicis numerosis, crebris ; apertnra parva, ovata, intus [albida ; 

 labro superne emarginato ; columella Ifevi, subcrassa, torta. 



Alt. 27, diam. 10 mm. 



Ifab. Ceylon ; Tenasserim River. 



The original locality is given as Amboyna. 



Nevill in his Hand List cites a " A^ar. onjlonlca" but v.ithout 

 figure or description. 



59. Tiara (Tarebia) lineata {Gray). 



Tiara (Tarebia) lineata (Gray), Wood, Index Test. Supp. (1828), 



Helix, fig. (18 ; Trosch. in Wiegm. Arch. Nat. 1837, p. 176. 

 Jlelania lirata, Benson, J, A. S. B. v, 1836, p. 782, name only for 



nameless fig. D in Glean. Sci. Calcutta, i (1829) ; Beeve, Con. 



Icon. pi. 24, sp. 170 ; H. & T., C. L pi. 71, fig. 7 ; Nevill, Hand 



List, p. 276. 



Original description : — Testa conica, exserta, tenui, subdiaphana, 

 anfractibus applanatis, lineis elevatis spiralibus 7-S, quarum snper- 

 iores plerumque tuberculatte sunt, cinctis ; apertnra ovato-acuta. 

 Anfr. 10. 



Alt. 22, diam. of the last whorl 9, alt. of aperture 10 nnn. 



Hab. Eiver Goomty ; Tenasserim, etc. 



Nevill in his ' Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum ' 

 notes llie following forms : — 



'• With one or two undulating, subgranulose keels belo\A' the 

 suture only ; well represented by the Con. Indica, pi. 71, tig. 7 

 — Calcutta — granulose sculpture distinct and well developed ; 

 fairly represented by M. Brot's pi. 33, fig. 6, excellently by Eeeve's 

 fig. 170 (Sikkim). Long. 30, diam. 14; another long. 34, diam. I2| 

 mil." ; Calcutta [in tanks]. 



" Long. 19, diam. 8 mill., granulose sculpture almost obsolete." 

 TeriaGhat; Ceylon; Tespore ; Goaluudo; Mandalay ; Gowhatty 

 and Bhootan. 



