26 TIAEIDJE. 



Melania menkeana, Lea, Brot in Conch.-Cab. 1875, p. 91, pi. 11, 

 figs. 1, 1 , b ; H. & T., C. I. p. 45, pi. 110, fig. 6. 



Testa turrita vel conoideo-turrita, solidula, fusco-olivacea non- 

 nuDquam brunneo bi- vel trifasciata ; spira decollata, anfr. super- 

 stit. ad 8, convexi, in medio angulati, infra angulum transversim 

 plicati, plicis ad angulum in spinas breves, extus directas termi- 

 natis. Ani'r. ultimus basi obsolete liratus, linea suturali con- 

 spicue filoso-angulata. Apert. elliptico-ovata, superne acuta et 

 angustata, basi angulatim producta; columelJa contorta, margine 

 dextro simplici, basin versus protracto. (Brot, in Conch .-Cab.) 



Alt. 46, diam. 20 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 18'5, diam. 9 mm. 



Hob. Bengal. 



Var. microstoma, Ntvill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 26] . 



A small form with a small and almost rounded aperture. 

 Alt. 25, diam. 11*75 mm. 

 Hob. Sjlhet. 



42. Tiara (Melanoides) baccata (Gould). 



Tiara (Melanoides) baccata (Gould), Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, 

 ii, p. 219; Otia Conch, p. 200; H. & T., C. I. pi. 75, figs. 1, 4 : 

 Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 262. 



Original description : Testa magna, crassa, elongato-turrita, 

 epidermide fusco-castaneo induta ; spira decollata, anfr. 6 rotun- 

 datis, plicis longitudinalibus et costis volventibus triseriatim 

 nodoso-decussatis, ultimo ad basim 4 costato ; apertura lunata, 

 labio antice producto, columella aurantia valde arcuata; fauce 

 caarulescente fusco-fasciato^ 



Alt. 51, diam. 18*5 mm. 



Hob. Thoung-yin River, Burma. 



Subvar. recta, Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 262 ; Brot, in Conch.- 

 Cab. 1874, pi. 9, fig. 6 (as M. baccata, Gld.). 



"Well represented by the above figure, but more decollate, 

 only 2| whorls remaining." (Nevill.) Upper Salvviii. 



The following varieties are depicted by Hanley and Theobald 

 in the Conch. Indica, pi. 75, figs. 2, 3, both from the Shan 

 States : 



Var. fusiformis. 



Var. pyramidalis. 



Melanoides variabilis, rar. pyranndah's, Theobald, J. A. S. B. 

 xxxiv, 1865, pt. 2, pi. 19, fig. 7. 



