34 TIAEID^E. 



" Strongly grain-wrinkled throughout, and conspicuously coron- 

 ated with spine-tubercles." (Reeve.} 



Subvar. subviridis, Nevill, torn. cit. 



"... it may fairly be considered a connecting link between this 

 species and M. rudis" (Nevill.) 



Alt. 26, diam. 11*25 mm. (decollate, 3| whorls only remaining). 

 Bob. Ceylon (Layard). 



58. Tiara (Tarebia) rudis (Lea). 



Tiara (Tarebia) rudis (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 186 ; Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon. pi. 24, sp. 172 ; H. & T., C. I. pi. 74, figs. 7, 10, as Melania 

 rudis ; Nevill, Hand List, p. 275. 



Original description : Testa plicata, subfusiformi, crassa, cornea ; 

 spira subelevata ; suturis irregulariter impressis ; anfractibus plan- 

 ulatis trans versim lineis impressis cinctis, superne canalictilatis ; 

 plicis numerosis, crebris ; apertura parva, ovata, intus albida ; 

 labro superne emarginato ; columella Ia3vi, subcrassa, torta, 



Alt. 27, diam. 10 mm. 



Hob. Ceylon ; Tenasserim Eiver. 



The original locality is given as Amboyna. 



Nevill in his Hand List cites a " var. ceylonica,*' but without 

 figure or description. 



59. Tiara (Tarebia) lineata (Gray). 



Tiara (Tarebia) lineata (Gray), Wood, Index Test. Supp. (1828), 



Helix, fig. 68 ; Trosch. in Wiegm. Arch. Nat. 1837, p. 176. 

 Melanin lirata, Benson, J, A. S. B. v, 1836, p. 782, name only tor 



nameless fig. D in Glean. Sci. Calcutta, i (1829) ; Reeve, Con. 



Icon. pi. 24, sp. 170 ; H. & T., C. I. pi. 71, fig. 7 ; Nevill, Hand 



List, p. 276. 



Original description : Testa conica, exserta, tenui, subdiaphana, 

 anfractibus applanatis, lineis elevatis spiralibus 7-8, quarum super- 

 iores plerumque tuberculata3 sunt, cinctis ; apertura ovato-acuta. 

 Anfr. 10. 



Alt. 22, diam. of the last whorl 9, alt. of aperture 10 mm. 



Hob. River Goomty ; Tenasserim, etc. 



Nevill in his ' Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum ' 

 notes the following forms : 



" With one or two undulating, subgranulose keels below the 

 suture only ; well represented by the Con. Indica, pi. 71, fig. 7 

 Calcutta granulose sculpture distinct and well developed ; 

 fairly represented by M. Brot's pi. 33, fig. 6, excellently by Reeve's 

 fig. 170 ( Sikkim). Long. 30, diam . 14 ; another long. 34, diam . 12| 

 mil." ; Calcutta [in tanks]. 



" Long. 19, diam. 8 mill., granulose sculpture almost obsolete.'* 

 TeriaGhat; Ceylon; Tespore; Goalundo; Mandalay ; Gowhatty 

 and Bhootan. 



