MELANIID^. 228 



3. Melania punctata. 



Melania punctata, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert. 1822, HabJ ■ = M, albescens. 

 Lea, P, Zool. S. 1850, PMlippines, and Reeve, Icon.^fig. 42. 



2 Guimaras ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



5 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron ¥. vou Eichthofen. 



Agree well with M. Brot's pi. XX, fig. 4. 



var. monilis [?] 



? Melania monile, Mousson, J, de C, 1857, Java, and Brot, Conch.-Cah. II, 

 pi. 20, Jiff. 7, Moluccas. 



6 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



var. perdecollata. 



3 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



var. ■[? spec, juven. of var. monilis]. 

 2 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



var. [? dist. sp.] 

 1 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



4. Melania clavus. 



Melania clavus, LamarcTc, Hist. V, 1822, Eah. ? ; fide Brot = M. acuminatat 

 DTcr., Phil. All., Habit. ? = M. acus, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, and Reeve, 

 Icon. fig. 92, Guimaras = M. gaudiosa. Hinds, Ann. Mag. XIV, 1844, 

 New Ireland ; var. = M. cristobalensis. Brot, Mat. II, 1868, S. Cris' 

 tobal. 



A very variable and widely distributed species ; M. Brot's 

 pi. 21, fig. 17, from an original and typical specimen of Lamarck's 

 collection, may well be a young specimen of var. sohrius^ Lea, 

 from tbe Nicobars, 



var. sobrius. 

 Melania sobrius, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, and Reeve, figs. 32 and 80. Siquijor. 



20 Nancowry and Katchall ; coll. Dr. F. Stoliczka, and F. A. de Roep- 

 storff, Esq. ^ 



