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TANALIA TENNENTII, Reeve. 
Operculum the same as in the preceding species, but, if anything, 
always more angular. 
Hab. as in T. Gardneri. 
TanaLiA Reevel, Layard. 
Shell oblong ovate; axis 14 inch, diam. 1 in. 2 lines. Spire exserted, 
short. Whorls rounded, spirally corded with rather distant obtuse 
ridges, longitudinally striated with well-marked close-set strize, the 
great characteristic mark of the species. Aperture: outer lip edged 
with deep purple-brown, columellar lip white. Colour a dark yellow- 
brown, thickly marked with longitudinal, slanting, jet-brown wavy 
bands. , 
Hab. The Calloo ganga, Ratnapoora. 
I have much pleasure in dedicating this beautiful species to the 
gentleman who has so extensively investigated this peculiar family. 
TANALIA vioLACEA, Layard. 
Shell globose; axis 6 lines, diam. 5 lines. Spire very short, 
slightly exserted. Whorls rounded, ventricose, spirally grooved 
with close-set, fine, minutely decussated striee (in one variety the 
strize become ridges). Colour a dark bluish-brown, almost amounting 
to black, with darkish brown patches appearing in some specimens. 
Aperture deep violet inside; columella white, stained on the outside 
edge with dark brown. 
Hab. A small mountain torrent in a dense forest between Gilly- 
malle and Pallabaddoola, towards Adam’s Peak, Ceylon. 
TANALIA stmIuis, Layard. 
Shell rather globose; axis 8 lines, diam. 6 lines. Spire short, 
exserted. | Whorls rounded, ventricose, spirally grooved with close- 
set, fine, minutely decussated strize. Colour rich olive-yellow, pro- 
fusely marked with longitudinal, wavy, dark lines, interrupted by 
four or five fine transverse bands of the same colour. Aperture: the 
dark markings of the shell show through, and are dimmed by a bluish 
haze; columellar lip white, stained on the outside edge with dark 
brown, which runs round the outer lip in a thin band. 
Hab. A mountain torrent at Kandangamoa, near Ratnapoora. 
TANALIA FUNICULATA, Reeve. 
I never could find avy species which answered to Mr. Reeve’s 
description of this shell, until Mr. Cuming kindly lent me the type 
specimen, when an honr’s immersion in soap and water showed that 
the “‘jet-brown”’ was merely the accumulation of the freshwater algze 
(which always cover this sluggish family) and the red cabooky dust 
of ‘India’s utmost isle.’ This cleaning revealed a bright yellow 
epidermis, variegated with dark brown wavy lines, and the very 
minutely striated structure of the shell; and the specimen imme- 
diately ranged itself with a series of a very variable shell, which I had 
in vain endeavoured to reconcile with any published description. 
