8 . TIAKID^E. 



16. Septaria livesayi (Dolirn). 



Septaria livesayi (Dolirn), P. Z. S. 1858, p. 135 (as Namcella) ; 

 H. & T v C. I. pi. 137, figs. 8, 9. 



Original description : Testa oblongo-ovata, tennis, parum 

 pellucida, fusco-viridis, ad apicem rubescens, maculis triangu- 

 laribus luteis ornata ; apex ad dextram spectans, prominulus ; 

 apertura alba. 



Alt. 6, diam. maj. 35, diain. min. 15 mm. 



Aperture: diam. 18 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



17. Septaria squamata (Dcihm). 



Septaria squamata (Dolirn), P. Z. S. 1858, p. 135; H. & T., C. I. 

 pi. 157, figs. 1, 4 (as Navicelld). 



Original description : Testa ovata, tenuis, pellucida, fusco- 

 viridis, ad apicem rubeseens, maculis luteis squamseformibus, striis 

 fulguratis et maculis nigrescentibus picta; apex ad sinistram 

 spectans, marginalia ; apertura alba. 



Alt. 5'5, diam. maj. 18, diam. min. 12-5 mm. 



Aperture : diam. 15 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



Order PECT INI BRANCH IAT A. 

 Suborder TJ2NIOGLOSSA. 



Family TIAR1DJE [= Melaniidce]. 



Subfamily TIAEIN^E. 



Shell ovately or subulately fusiform, smooth, striate costulate 

 or spinously nodulate. 



Distribution. S.E.Europe; S. & E. Asia; N.Australia; Africa; 

 America ; Tropical Islands of Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



Genus FAUNUS. 



Faunus, de Montfort, Conch. Syst. 1810. 

 Pirena, Lamarck, 1822. 

 Melanamona, Bowditch. 



TYPE, Strombus ater, Linnaeus : Moluccas ; New Guinea ; New 

 Ireland; Java; Philippines; Timor, Buru, Amboyna ; Ceylon. 



Range. The above Islands and also New Caledonia ; Penang ; 

 China. 



