MELANIID^. 233 



var, ? [ ? dist. sp.]. 

 2 Tahiti [?] ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka [labelled " M. incisa "]. 



A very doubtful form; I question the correctness of the 

 recorded locality. 



20. Melania [Striatella] eorporosa. 



Melania eorporosa, Qould, P. Bost. S. 1847, Tahiti ; fide Brof — long. 40, diam, 

 16 mil.; and — M. licolor, Brof, Rev.zool. 1860, Tahiti=M. ferrea, Rv. 

 fig. 9, Borneo ; and Grand Bassan=M. tahitensis, Bkr. 1866, Tahiti ; 

 var.=M. luteola, Dhr. 



2 Tahiti j ex c. Mons. Morelet. 

 Well represented by M. Brot's pi. 24, fig. 7. 



var. luteola [?]. 



M.^\diXi\2L\vXQ(^2i, Dunker,Ilovara Beise, 1866, 'pl. 1, fig. 9, Tahiti — long. 21, 

 diam. 7 mil..- fide Brot, M. luteola, Bkr. = M. unicolor, Try on, 1865, 

 and distinct species. 



5 Tahiti ; ex c. Dr. Stoliczka. 



These do not agree with any figures in M. Brot's work, but 

 are well represented by the above-quoted figure in the " Novara 

 Reise ;" they are only a little larger and with the columella 

 more forcibly and regularly twisted. I cannot separate this form 

 as M. unicolor, as M. Brot's chief characteristic for the latter, 

 the longitudinal ribbing on the upper whorls, is altogether 

 wanting; near the apex, however, the spiral striation is 

 minutely decussated, under the lens. Long. 30J, diam. 10 mil. ; 

 anfr. 8. 



21. Melania [Striatella] lax a. 



Melania laxa, Mousson, J. de C, 1869, Upolu, long. 16, diam. 8 mil., anfr. 

 2 to 3 ; fide Brot = M. cylindroides, Baird, Toy. Curacoa, Nieue or 

 Savage Island ; long. 9, lat. 4| lignes. 



6 Navigators' Islands ; coll. Dr. C. E. Tonnerre [A. S. B.]. 



Anfr. 2J ; long. 13J, diam. 7 mil. A very pretty and ap- 

 parently constant form. 



