LITTOBINIDJE. 151 



Agree well witli Reeve's fig. 44, only the characteristic suba- 

 cute spiral striation is much more distinct. 



48. Littorina melanostoma. 



Litforina melanostoma. Gray, Beechey's Voy. 1839, p. 140, Indian Ocean ; 

 Seychelles, fide Mts.; Java, Mergui, and Ceylon, fide Phil. ; Singapore and 

 Borneo, fide Reeve. 



10 Port Canning; coll. Dr. F. StoHzka (marked " $"). 

 5 Port Canning ; coll. Dr. P. Stoliczka (marked " $ "). 



I can trace no difference whatever, except it be that the 

 female form seems a little larger. 



20 Port Canning, Akyab, False Point, Masulipatam, and Amherst ; 

 coll. J. Wood-Mason and G. Nevill, Esqrs., and Colonel G. b! 

 Mainwaring. 



var. articulata. 



5 Hongkong; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



Long. 12, diam. 6J mil. 



A small form, with articulate brown spots, instead of more 

 or less undulating longitudinal stripes, sent me as only found 

 in one spot, and rare there. 



49. Littorina carinifera. 



Phasianella carinif era, MenJce, Syn. 11,1830, Eal. h, fide Philippi, from Java, 

 China, Philippines and = L, perdix. King, 1831 ; fide Reeve, from 

 BorneOf S(c. 



24 Andamans and Nicobars ; coll. F. Stoliczka and J. Wood-Mason, Esqrs. 



12 Bombay and Arakan; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and H. F. Bl'anford* 



Esq. ' 



subvar. pyramidalis. 



4 Bombay and Java (?) ; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and ex c. Madras 

 Museum. 



var. Isevior. 

 Long. 16, diam. 10 J mil. 

 12 Penang and Singapore ; coll. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



