MELANIIDiR. 235 



Dr. Hungerford sent these specimens mixed with the pre- 

 ceding. I think, however, they must be distinguished, as they 

 are of a uniform sombre coloration, without any sculpture 

 whatever ; they are of all stages of growth, but still are in all 

 cases decollated and eroded ; M. Brot's pi. 24, fig. 3A. ["M". 

 kanaiens{s"],'fig.7 [''M. corporosa'''], 2ind^g. 15 [M. lutosa'*']^ 

 well represent the form. Long. 37, diam. 15 mil. ; anfr. 3. 



25. Melania [Striatella] graeffei.' 



Melauia graeffei [Mousson'], Brot^ Conch.- Cab. II, 1877, Fiji, and of Cat. 

 Mus. G-odeffroy ; = M. lutosa. Grid., var., Mousson, J. de C, 1869. 



1 Ovalau; ex c. F. Layard, Esq. [labelled "M, costata"]. 



26. Melania [Striatella] newcombi. 



Melania newcombi, Lea, P. Acad. PMIad., 1856, Oahu ; = M. oaTiuensiSt 

 Brot [as of Pease] ; var. = M. contigua^ Pease, Am. J. Con. 1870, 

 Kanai, — lone/. 28, diam. 9 mil. 



6 Sandwich Islands; coll. H. Pease, Esq., and Prof. W. Newcomb. 



27. Melania [Striatella] unifasciata. 

 Melania unifasciata, Mousson, Moll. Java, 1849. 



20 Java ; coll. Baron P. von Richthofen. 



Very variable, as regards sculpture ; some have distinct 

 longitudinal sculpture near the apex, which in others is almost 

 or altogether obsolete ; there are 1 to 3 spiral, incised stri93 on 

 the lower portion of each of the last few whorls. The basal 

 band is less distinctly marked than in Mousson's figure, — indeed, 

 generally not visible at all within the aperture. A single 

 specimen is of a uniform dark-violet colour ; several are slightly 

 maculated with brown ; these resemble very closely M. tigrina, 

 Hutton. 



var. [? dist. sp.]. 



2 Badulla, Ceylon ; coll. F. Layard, Esq. 



Anfr. 6 ; long. 13J, diam. 4^ mil. Sent to me as " Melania 

 n. sp. .? " ; almost smooth, traces of sculpture only being here 

 and there discernible; basal band round the columella very 

 broad and distinct, otherwise of a purplish-brown uniform 

 coloration. 



