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TIA.EA. 11<br />
Itange. S. & E. Asia; Malay Archipelago; islands of the<br />
Pacific.<br />
Shell subulate, elongated ; spire many-whorled, acute; whorls<br />
smooth, not spinose; aperture ovate, acuminate, posteriorly entire,<br />
rounded in front; inner lip thin, not callous : outer lip simple,<br />
acute, margin entire. {H. ^ A. Adams.)<br />
20. Tiara (Radina) hastula {Lea).<br />
Tiara {Radina) hastula (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 189; Conch.-Cab. ii,<br />
pi. 16, figs. 3, 3 J; fide Brot.<br />
Melania costata, auct. [not of Quoy].<br />
Melaniajlammulata, Busch [not of Reeve].<br />
Melania picta, Kve. [not of Hinds].<br />
Melania acuta, Rve. [not of Lea].<br />
Melania arroensis, Rve., Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 228.<br />
Original description :—Testa striata, nonnunquam plicata, elongata<br />
subulata, diaphana, tenui, fusca, striis transversis crebris<br />
costulas decussantibus ; spira acuminata; suturis linearibus ; anfractibus<br />
plano-convexis_'; apertura parvula, ovata, intus vel fusca<br />
vel albida ; columella incurva tortaque.<br />
Alt. 83, diam. 20-25 mm.<br />
Hab. Philippines; India.<br />
Var. suhacutissima, Nevill, toin. cit.<br />
" Spiral striation on base of last whorl distinct;<br />
upper whorls obscurely dotted and fiamed with brown and<br />
peculiarly alternate "<br />
Alt. 55, diam. 16 mm.<br />
Hab. Andamans {Eoepstorff).<br />
Subvar. subcrenulata, Nevill, torn. cit. p. 229.<br />
Alt. 51, diam. 16'75 mm.<br />
Hab. Andamans (Roepstorff).<br />
21. Tiara (Radina) crenulata {Deshayes).<br />
Tiara (Radina) crenulata (Deshaves), Lamarck, Hist. Anim. s. Vert.<br />
ed. 2, viii, 1838, p. 434.<br />
Bulimus torulosus, JBrug. Encycl. Meth., Vers, i, p. 852 ?<br />
Helix a-enata, Dillwyn, Cat. ii, p. 950, no. 144; Nevill, Hand List,<br />
pt. 2, p. 225.<br />
Original description:—Testa elongato-turrita,apice truncata albofuscescente<br />
obsolete sulcata ; anfractibus latis subplanis ad suturam<br />
depressis, marginatis; margine lato, excavate; apertura magna,<br />
ovali, ad basim dilatata ; columella coutorta, crassa.<br />
Alt. 64, diam. 21 mm.<br />
Hab. Philippines.