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Var. iravadica (Blanford), P. Z. S. 1869, p. 445; H. & T., C. I.
pi. 71, fig. 1; Nevill, Haud List, pt. 2, p. 262.
Original description :—Testa elongato-turrita, tenuis, fuscoolivacea,
decollata. Anfr. circa 7, primi erosi, 3-4 superstites
convexi, superi seriebus duabus spiralibus nodorum coiif'ertorum
circumdati, ultimus spiraliter liratus, nodis fere vel omnino
obsoletis. Apertura rhomboideo-ovata, antice subeifusa; peristoma
tenue, margine externo subrecto, basali antice porrecto,
columellari sinuato. Operc. ?
Length (of a large decollated specimen) 25, diam. 15 mm.
Aperture taken obliquely: length 13, diam. 8 mm.
Total length (of a medium-sized example, also decollated) 13,
of the last whorl 11, largest diameter 14, smallest 12-5 mm.
Aperture taken obliquely and including the labrum : length 13,
diam. 8-5 mm.
Bab. Irawady Eiver above Male and Bhamo ; Manwyne and
Taylaymaw.
43. Tiara (Melanoides) tere"bra (Benson).
Tiara {Melanoides) terebra (Benson), J. A. S. B. v, 1836, p. 747 ;
Reeye, Conch. Icon. pi. 11, sp. 59.
Melanoides torquata, Busch, in Philippi, Ab. N. Couch, i, Melania,
pi. 1, fig. 18; Nevill, Hand List, pt. 2, p. 264.
Original des