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BECHUANALAND. Ngami River (Passarge). 



TRANSVAAL. " Libonibo " (? Lebombo) (Wilms). 



MATEBILILAND. Meno's Kraal (Feather). 



RHODESIA. Victoria Falls (Connolly). 



Also known from North, West, and East Africa, and Northern 

 Rhodesia. 



von Martens (1897) places affinis, Smith, in the synonymy of 

 ovum, while Melvill and Standen (1907) remark that affinis seems a 

 distinct species. 



References to both are given above for purpose of comparison. 



var. ELATIOK, von Martens. 



1866 Lanistes ovum, Ptrs., var. elatior, von Mts., Novit. Conch, ii. 



p. 291. pi. 70, f. 7, 8. D.F. 



1879 Meladomus elatior, Bgt., Moll, de 1'Egypte, p. 35. 

 Described from Niebohr River, 8 N. lat. (Heuglin). 



var. INGENS, Ancey. 



1894 Meladomus ovum, Ptrs., var. ingens, Ancey, Mem. Soc. Zool. 



Fr. vii. p. 223. D. 

 Described from Karonga, B.C. A. 



548. LANISTES PURPUEEUS (Jonas). 



1839 Ampullaria purpurea, Jonas, Archiv. f. Naturg. v, 1. p. 342. 



pi. 10, f. 1. D.F. 

 Bulimus tristis, Jay, Catalogue of Shells, p. 121. pi. 7, f. 1. N.F. 



1840 Mela'lomus bulimoides, Swainson, Treatise on Malac. p. 340. D. 

 1845 Lanistes purpurea, Jon. ( = tristis, Jay), Trosch., Archiv. f. 



Naturg. xi, 1. p. 216. D. 



1851, 2 .4;./jWarm J ; J ;7J/Y ) ,Jon.,Phil.,Conch.Cab.p.22.pl.6,f.l. D.F. 

 1854 Meladomus olivaceus, " Sow.," H. & A. Ad., Gen. rec. Moll. i. 



p. 349, and iii. pi. 37, f. 6. F. 



1859 Lanistes purpureus, Jon., von Mts., Mai. Blatt. vi. p. 216. N. 



1860 Ampullaria oliracca, " Sow." (=purpureus, Jonas), Morel., 



Series Conch, ii. p. 108. N. 



1866 Lanistes purpureus, Jon., von Mts., Novit. Conch, ii. p. 293. N. 

 1881 Smith, P.Z.S. p. 290. N. 



1897 von Mts., D.-O.-Afr. p. 163. D.N. 



Type of purpureus in Zool. Mus. Berlin ; tristis in American 

 Museum of Natural History, New York. 



Hab. LORENZO MARQUES. Tette (Peters). 



Also found in East Africa and Zanzibar. 



