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of colour, spire variable in height, sometimes concave acute, consisting of 7 — 8 whorls 
when perfect, of which 2 — 3 are sometimes eroded. Sutures deap, those of the last whorl 
or whorls, marginate. Upper whorls angular; last whorl ventricose, flattened above tow- 
ards 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, anfr, rotundatis, ad suturam excavatis et lineatis, 
medio lineis incisis cingulatis; apert. parva; vireacenti-olivacea. Hab. Pondichery. (R.) 
*** T. laevi, ovato-conica, crassa nitida, virido-fusca; spira conica, brevi, apice acuto, saepe 
erosa, sutura lineari; anfr. 5 convexis, rapide crescentibus, prope suturam superiorem de- 
pressis, prope suturam inferiorem striis parvis transversis duabus aut tribus: Anfr, ultimo 
magno, medio striis 3, basi laevi; apert. ovato-rotundata, superne subangulata, inferne 
subeflfusa; intus albida, labro 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 hic illic macu- 
lata, intus alba. — Ceylon (Sibbald). (R) 
***** T. oblongo-conica, olivacea, nitida, spira conico-acuta ; anfr. 7 supra depressiusculis, 2 in- 
ferioribus ventricosis, penultimo basi spiraliter sulcato, ultimo in medio multisulcato; apert. 
ovato-acuta, intus caerulescente, labio incrassato 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, albida. Opere.? — Long. 12, lat. 8, Apert. alt. 7i/*, 
lat. 41/2 mill. (D.) 
17. Paludomus punctatus Reeve f. 
„T. acuminato-turbinata, spira acuta, anfr. convexis, lineis incisis ntrinque peculiariter 
punctatis, cingulatis; apert. parva; olivacea nigricante hic illic maculata. 
Dimens,? 
Habit. Mauritius. (Barclay)“ (Reeve). 
Palud ornus 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 hrunneo punctato-strigata, 
subfulgiirata. Spira exserta, erosa; anfr. 3 — 4 persist, modice convexi, longitudinaliter in- 
