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TIAEA. 37<br />
regularibns, subobliquis, superne in spiuis productis ; spinis longis,<br />
tenuibus, irregularibus, extortis ; lineis transversis, crebris, parvis,<br />
subalternantibus ; aufractu ultimo parvo, ad basim lineato; apertura<br />
elliptica, inferne eiliisa ; labro inferne producto ; columella<br />
parva, inferne incrassata.<br />
„ Alt. 20, diam. 10 mm.<br />
Hah. Ceylon ; also occurs in the Philippines, Sumatra, etc.<br />
_ Nevill is'Tiis ' Hand List Moll, in Ind. Mus., Calcutta,' p. 281,<br />
gives the following varieties, all from the Andaman Islands.<br />
Var. roepstorffiana, Nevill.<br />
Long. 18|, diam. 9| mm.; whorls 7.<br />
Very near M. Brot's pi. 28, fig. 10 A. [PhiHppines].<br />
Subvar. brevispira, Nevill.<br />
Long. 12|, diam. 6| mm.<br />
Subvar. sabscabra, Nevill.<br />
Long. 141, diam. 7f mm. A connecting link with Tiara (P.)<br />
scabra, the spines being rather less developed.<br />
Subgenus MAINWARINGIA.<br />
Maimoaniiffia, Nevill; Hand List, 1884, pt. 2, p. 28G.<br />
TYPE, Melania (Mainwarinc/ia) paludomoidea, Nevill; Gangetic<br />
Delta.<br />
liange. Gangetic Delta.<br />
Original description :—" apparently connecting Melania<br />
and Paludomus, distinguished by the presence of rows of hairs or<br />
bristles, especially noticeable on the body whorl, which is ornamented<br />
with broad revolving brown bands ; not umbilicate ; apex<br />
remarkably acute, ' quasi styliform '; peristome acute, columella,<br />
thickened and excavatedly inflected. Operculum transparent, of<br />
one substance throughout—that is, without any thickened process<br />
for attachment—of very light horn-colour, without sculpture,<br />
ovate, acuminate at one end, at the other rounded, and distinctly<br />
terminally subspiral, with 2^ whorls, closely resembling Adams'<br />
pi. 35, fig. 10 A-B, operculum of Hydrohia ulvce."<br />
63. Tiara (Mainwaringia) paludomoidea, Nevill.<br />
Tiara {3Iaimcarinf/ia) paludomoidea, Nevill, torn. oit.<br />
Original description :— [Shell] imperforate, conically produced,<br />
spire turretedly acuminate, apex very acute, suture distinct; of a<br />
rather yellowish, bright '• horn-colour," girt on the last whorl with<br />
three distinct, broad, dark-brown bands, showing clearly within the<br />
aperture; spirally regularly striated, below the shght subangulation
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