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14. Melauia canalis. 



Melania canalis, icff, P. Zooh S. 1850, Ouimaras. 



var. laneeolata, nov. 



Brot, Conch,- Cah. 11*1878, pi 19, fig. 11a, as *' Jf. canalis, var." 



7 Cebu ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



No signs of any longitudinal ribbing even on the upper 

 wborls, except on one specimen, so conspicuous a feature in 

 Reeve's fig. 63. 



var. [? distinct species], 



4 Cebu ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



Possibly tbe young of tbe preceding ; if not, of some closely 

 allied species. There is no trace of the broad band at the base 

 of the aperture so characteristic of M. canalis, 



Sub-Genus 8TEIATELLA, Brot. 



Amer. Journ. Conch. VI, 1871; fide Brot, Conch.-Cah. II, type 

 M. corporosa, Gould, and M. tuberculata, Muller. 



15. Melania (Striatella) montrouzieri. 



Melania montrouzieri, Oassies, Act. Soc. Lin. Bord., 1861, pi. V, fig, 10, 

 N. Caledonia ; fide Brot, var. M. mariei, Oassies, also perhaps = 

 M. crepidinata, Rv. [^Java], and M. gracilina, Qld. {^Tahiti']. 



It seems to me the New Caledonian form is scarcely separable 

 from the Tahitian M. gracilina. 



var. mageni. 



Melania mageni, Gassies, l. c, pi. VI, fig. 10, N. Caledonia. 



5 New Caledonia ; coll. J. Caldwell, Esq. 



1 New Caledonia ; ex c. P. Bouvier, Esq. [as " M. sp. P "]. 



Anfr. 3 ; long. 15, diam. 7J mil. 



