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34 TIAMDiE.
" Strongly grain-wrinkled throughout, and conspicuously coronated
with spine-tubercles." {Beeve.)
Subvar. suliviridis, Nevill, torn. cit.
"... it may fairly be considered a connecting link between this
species and M. rudis." {Nevill.)
Alt. 26, diani. 11-25 mm. (decollate, 3| whorls only remaining).
Bah. Ceylon (Layarcl).
58, Tiara (Tarebia) rudis {Lea).
Tiara {Tarebia) rudis (Lea), P. Z. S. 1850, p. 186 ; Eeeve, Conch.
Icon. pi. 24, sp. 173; H. & T., 0. I. pi. 74, figs. 7, 10, as Melania
nidis; Nevill, Hand List, p. 275.
Original description:—Testa plicata, subfusiformi, crassa,[cornea;
spira subelevata ; suturis irregulariterimpressis ; anfractibus planulatis
transversim lineis impressis cinctis, superoe canaliculatis;
plicis numerosis, crebris; apertura parva, ovata, intus [albida;
labro superne emarginato; columella Isevi, subcrassa, torta.
Alt. 27, diam. 10 mm.
JIab. Ceylon ; Tenasserim Eiver.
The original locality is given as Amboyna.
Nevill in his Hand List cites a " var. ceylonica," but without
figure or description.
59. Tiara (Tarebia) lineata {Gray).
Tiara {tarebia) lineata (Gray), Wood, Index Test. Supp. (1828),
Helix, fig. 68 ; Trosch. in Wiegm. Arch. Nat. 1837, p. 176.
Melanin Ih-ata, Benson, J, A. S. B. v, 1836, p. 782, name only for
nameless fig. D in Glean. Sci. Ciilcutta, i (1829); Reeve, Con.
Icon. pi. 24, sp. 170 ; H. & T., C. L pi. 71, fig. 7 ; Nevill, Hand
List, p. 276.
Original description:—Testa conica, exserta, tenui, subdiaphana,
anfractibus applanatis, lineis elevatis spiralibus 7-8, quarum superiores
plerumque tuterculatse sunt, cinctis; apertura ovato-acuta.
Anfr. 10.
Alt. 22, diam. of the last whorl 9, alt. of aperture 10 mm.
Hah. lliver Goomty ; Tenasserim, etc.
Nevill in his ' Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum '
notes the following forms:— •
" With one or two undulating, subgranulose keels below the
suture only; well represented by the Con. Indica, pi. 71, fig. 7
—Calcutta—granulose sculpture distinct and well developed ;
fairly represented by M. Brot's pi. 33, fig. 6, excellently by Eeeve's
fig. 170 (Sikkim). Long. 30, diam. 14; another long. 34, diam. 12^
mil." ; Calcutta [in tanks].
"Long. 19, diam. 8 mill., granulose sculpture almost obsolete.''
Teria Ghat; Ceylon ; Tespore; Goalundo; Mandalay ; Gowhatty
and Bhootan.