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121. Paludomus (Tanalia) cnm.iiigia.i\3L (DoJirn). 



Paludovuis {Ttinalui) cinnviffitnia (Dohrii), P. Z. S. ISoJ. p. 124; 

 H. & T., C. [. pi. 126, lijrs. o, 0. 



Orif/inal descrijifiou : — Testa globosa, solida, olivaceo-i'usca, 

 obsolete spiraliter sulcata ; spira valde depressa, exserta ; anfractus 

 ultiinus ceteros superaus, ad suturain in formaui canalis impressus; 

 apertura magna, obliqua, flavescens, inlus albida, liiieis iiigris 

 undatis loiigitiidinaliter distincta. 



Alt. 33, diain. 34 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 30, diam. 24 mm. 



Nab. Ceylon. 



Allied to P. (7\) (/anhieri, Keeve, but distinguished by tbe 

 " deep cliannel-like impression on the upper part of tbe whorl, and 

 in the large size of tbe mouth."' 



122. Paludomus (Tanalia) thwaitesi {LayarO). 



Faliahniiiis ( Tanalia) titivaitesi (T.inard), P. Z. S. 18o4, pp. 9.'J-94 

 (as I'hilopofamis) : 11. & T., C. 1. pi. 1 25, figs. S, ; Nevill. Haud 

 List, pt. 2, p. 304 (as P. (T.) veritoides var. t/nvaitesi?}. 



Original description : — Shell oblong-ovate ; axis 13 lines, diain. 

 9 lines. Spire exserted, short. AVhorls almost carinated round 

 the upper part, spirally corded with unequal sized, close, but 

 irregularly set ridges, granulated or minutely striated. Colour 

 yellowish olive, painted more or less with \\avy, dark brown 

 longitudinal lines. Aperture pinkish white, occasionally having 

 the outer lip dotted with dark pink-brown marks. 



Alt. 30-5, diara. 23-75 mm. (Conch. Ind. pi. 125, fig. 9). 



Bab. Weyweldenia, Ceylon. 



123. Paludomus (Tanalia) tennantii {Beeve). 



PaludoiiiKs [Tanalia) tennantii (Reeve), Con. Icon.. Palud. sp. 12 ; 

 H. & T., C. 1. pi. 122, tig. 5 (as P. temictitii) : Nevill, tom.^cit. 

 (as P. (T.) iieritoide3\Rv. temvnti). 



Original description : — Shell obovate, rather thick, spire scarcely 

 exserted; whorls rounded, smooth, or very obscurely ridged; 

 aperture rather largely effused ; olive, indistinctly longitudinally 

 Maved, interior white, columella and edge of the aperture stained 

 with purple-brown. 



Alt. 31, diam. 29 mm. (taken from pi. 3, fig. <•, in Con. Icon.). 



Hab. In a rocky stream fiowing from Adam's Peak, Ceylon. 



" , . . . distinguished in early growth by an elaborate pattern of 

 waved painting, w hich is very conspicuous in the interior of the 

 shell. At a more advanced period, this striking display of pattern 

 is entirely obscured by a superincumbent deposit of colourless 

 matter." 



