18 



'miniature' of M. Brot's pi. 24, fig. 15, M. . lutosa, Gould,' from 

 Upolu. " 



Alt. 15, diam. 6-10 mm.; whorls 3. 



JJab. Great Nicobar (Roepstorff). 



30. Tiara (Striatella) turriculus (Lea). 



Tiara (Striatella} turriculus (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 190. 

 Melania perpinguis, Reeve [not of Hinds], sp. 113; Nevill, Hand 

 List, pt. 2, p. 234. 



Original description : Testa striata, conoidea, subtenui, obscure 

 maculata, cornea, spira subelevata ; suturis impressis ; anfractibus 

 novem, convexiusculis, lineis subraris impressis, superne angulatis ; 

 apertura parva, subconstricta, intus albida et obscure maculata, ad 

 basim rotunda; columella regulariter curvata. 



Alt. 2775, diam. 10 mm. 



Hob. Philippines ; Andamans (Roepstorff). 



31. Tiara (Striatella) nevilli (Brot). 



Tiara (Striatella} nevilli (Brot), Conch .-Cab. ii, 1877, p. 200, pi. 22, 

 fig. 13 ; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 236. 



Original description : Testa subulato-turrita, subcylindracea, 

 solida, virenti-olivacea, nitidula. Spira erosa ; anfr. persist. 6-7, 

 declivi-convexiusculi, sutura appressa, subcanaliculato-incisa divisi, 

 supremi longitudinaliter arete inciso-striati, ultimi 3-4 omnino 

 laevigati vel lineis increment! leviter striatuli. Apertura piriformis, 

 basi latiuscula, vix effusa ; columella subincrassata, parum torta et 

 arcuata ; margine dextro subrecte descendente, baud protracto. 



Alt. 38, diam. 11 mm. 



Aperture: alt. 11, diam. 5-5 mm. 



Hab. Andaman Islands (Hanley) ; Tahiti (Morelet). 



Var. andamanica, Nevill, torn. cit. 



" distinguished by the upper three or four whorls being 



invariably longitudinally ribbed, the ribs being not at all pro- 

 minent and slightly but distinctly arcuate ; quite young specimens 

 show the ribbing throughout, the ribs only becoming obsolete on 

 the lower portion of the last whorl. Generally but slightly 

 decollate, eight whorls remaining; covered with a rust-brown 

 coating, beneath which the shell is light green, irregularly and 

 very slightly spotted with brown below the suture ; throughout 

 spirally striated ; a single specimen only has this spiral sculpture 

 obsolete on the central portion of the last two to three whorls. 

 The majority ef specimens are smaller than type-figure of 

 M. nevilli, and have the last two whorls increasing much more 

 rapidly in breadth " 



