MELANIIDJl. 211 



Seems to me intermediate between M. proerosa and M. 

 maroGcana. The columella resembles that of the latter ; but 

 the shape of the last whorl and less expanded aperture (at base) 

 show a closer affinity to the former species, 



3. Melanopsis cariosa. 



Murex cariosus, Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, Seville; fide Morelet=M. 

 costellata, Fer. 1823 [jpars], Seville and Morocco. 



1 Guadalquivir ; ex " LinnsGa.** 



var. maresi. 



Melanopsis maresi, Bourguignat, Palceontol, Alg. 1862, S. of Prov. Oran 

 [subfossir], long. 20 to 24, diam. 9 to 12 mil. ; Bourg. in Malae, Alg. 

 living specimens from Keriz, S. Prov. of Tunis ; fide Paladilhe from 

 Morocco. 



2 Near Tlemeen [? subfossil] ; ex c. P. Joly, Esq. 



Aperture less effuse at base, otherwise they agree well with 

 M. Bourguignat's figures. M. ^Morelet, J. de C., 1880, p. 98, 

 considers the form as distinct, and that M. maresi, Bourg. 

 [1862], and his own M, tingitana [1864] ought to be united. 



4. Melanopsis oostata. 



Melania costata, Olivier, Voy.Tlmp. Ottom. 1803, and M. costellata, Fer. 

 1823. 



20 Ain Mellaha [Galilee] ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson, 



Near M. Brot's figure of the type form, pi. 46, fig. 4 ; also 

 resembles Rossmassler, fig. 1904, but the ribbing is still more 

 flexuous. 



7 Jericho ; ex c. H. F. Blanford, Esq. [15, 6^]. 



15 Ain-es-Sultan and Jordan ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 



Something like Rossm., fig. 1900-1, but smaller ; I should 

 have identified them as M. saulcyi, Bourg., but for their tur- 

 reted spire. 



