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of colour, spire variable in height, Bometimes concave acute, conäisting of 7 — 8 whorls 

 when perfect, of which 2 — 3 are sometimes eroded. Sutares deap, those of the last whorl 

 or whorls, marginale. Upper whorls angular; last whorl ventricose, flattened above tow- 

 arda the mouth, usually marked with 2 — 5 linear sulci on the periphery. Aperture gib- 

 bous ovate, pointed above. Peristome white, continuous; outer lip sharp, even; columelle 

 callous. (B.) 

 •* T. acuminato-turbinata, spira acuta, änfr. rotundatis, ad suturain excavatis et lineatis, 



medio lineis incisis cingulatiB; apert. parva; virescenti-olivacea. Hab. Pondichery. (R.) 

 *** T. laevi, ovato-conica, crassa nitida, virido-fusca; spira conica, brevi, apice acuto, saepe 

 evosa, sutura lineari; anfr. 5 convexis, rapide crescentibus, prope euturam superiorem de- 

 pressis, prope euturam inferiorem striis parvis transversis duabus aut tribus: Anfr. ultimo 

 magno, medio striis 3, basi laevi; apert. ovato-rotundata, superne subangulata, inferne 

 subeffusa; intus albida, labvo acuto, columella lactea, curvata; operculo ovato subcentrali 

 ooncentrico. — Timor. — Long. 0.7, lat. 0.5 p. (L.) 

 *••• T. ovata, spira ampla prominula; anfr. rotundatis, laevibus; olivacea nigro hie illic macu- 



lata, intus alba. — Ceylon (Sibbald). (R.) 

 ***** T. oblongo-conicfl, olivacea, nitida, spira conico-acuta; anfr. 7 supra depressiusculis, 2 in- 

 ferioribus ventricosis, penultimo basi epiraliter sulcato, ultimo in medio multisulcato ; apert. 

 ovato-acnta, intus caerulescente, labio incraesato albo, labro acuto. — Opercul. corneum 

 fusco-nigrum, concentrice striatum. (Soul.) 

 ****** T. solida, oblongo-conica, apice acuto, nigrescens, versus apicem albicans, ad suturam 

 linea valde impressa distincta, obsolete decussata; anfr. 4 convexiusculi, ultimus medio 

 leviter angulatus; apert. simplex, oblonga, albiiia. Operc. ? — Long. 12, lat. 8, Apert. alt. 7]/j, 

 lat. 41/g mill. (D.) 



17. Palndomus punctata» Reeve f. 



„T. acuminato-turbinata, spira acuta, anfr. convexis, lineis incisis utrinque peculiariter 

 punctatis, cingulatis; apert. parva; olivacea nigricante hie illic maculata. 



Dimens. ? 



Habit. Mauritius. (Barclay)" (Reeve). 



Paludomus punctatus Reeve Proc. Zool. S. Lond. 1852. 



Mir unbekannt, und wahrscheinlich Synonim von P. Tanjoriensis; was ich unter 

 diesem Namen von Cuming einst erhalten habe, ist gewiss nichts anderes, und zeigt nicht 

 einmal die von Reeve als charakteristisch hervorgehobene Punktirung. Die Vaterlands- 

 angabe ist mir etwas zweifelhaft. 



18. Paludomus palustris Layard. 

 Taf. 8. Fig. 27, 28. 



T. globoso-turrita, solidiuscula, virenti-olivacea, transversim brunneo punctato-strigata, 

 subfulgurata. Spira exserta, erosa; anfr. 3 — 4 persist. modice convexi, longitudinaliter in- 



