TIAEA. 11 



Range. S. & E. Asia; Malay Archipelago; islands of the 

 Pacific. 



Shell subulate, elongated ; spire many-whorled, acute ; whorls 

 smooth, not spinose ; aperture ovate, acuminate, posteriorly entire, 

 rounded in front; inner lip thin, not callous; outer lip simple, 

 acute, margin entire. (H. fy A. Adams.) 



20. Tiara (Radina) hastula (Lea). 



Tiara (Radina) nastula (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 189 ; Conch.-Cab. ii, 



pi. 16, figs. 3, 3 b ; tide Brot. 

 Melania costata, auct. [not of Quoy]. 

 Melania Jlammulata, Busch [not of Reeve]. 

 Melania picta, Rve. [not of Hinds]. 

 Melania acuta, live, [not of Lea]. 

 Melania arroensis, Rve., Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 228. 



Original description Testa striata, nonntmquam plicata, elon- 

 gata subulata, diaphana, tenui, fusca, striis transversis crebris 

 costulas decussantibus ; spira acuminata ; suturis linearibus ; an- 

 fractibus plano-convexis'; apertura parvula, ovata, intus vel fusca 

 vel albida ; columella incurva tortaque. 



Alt. 83, diam. 20-25 mm. 



Hab. Philippines ; India. 



Var. subacutissima, Nevill, torn. cit. 



" Spiral striation on base of last whorl distinct : 



upper whorls obscurely dotted and flamed with brown and 

 peculiarly alternate .*..." 



Alt. 55, diam. 16 mm. 



Hab. Andamans (Roepstorff). 



Subvar. subcrenulata, Nevill, torn. cit. p. 229. 



Alt. 51, diam. 16-75 mm. 

 Hab. Andamaus (Roepstorff). 



21. Tiara (Radina) crenulata (Deshayes). 



Tiara (Radina) crenulata (Deshayes), Lamarck, Hist. Anim. s. Vert. 



ed. 2, viii, 1838, p. 434. 



Bulimus torulosm, Brug. Encycl. Meth., Vers, i, p. 352 ? 

 Helix crenata, Dillwyn, Cat. ii, p. 950, no. 144 ; Nevill, Hand List, 



pt. 2, p. 225. 



Original description: Testa elongato-turrita, apice truncata albo- 

 fuscescente obsolete sulcata ; anfractibus latis subplanis ad suturam 

 depressis, marginatis ; margine lato, excavato ; apertura magna, 

 ovali, ad basim dilatata ; columella coutorta, crassa. 



Alt. 64, diam. 21 mm. 



Hab. Philippines. 



