MELANIIDJ;. 243 



Typical, original specimens of M. tigrina. Remarkable for 

 the canaliculate suture and convexly tumid last whorl ; very 

 solid, strongly truncated, &c. 



15 Mandi ; coll. A. G. Young, Esq. 

 12 Mtindi ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



Well represented by the Con. Indica, pi. 110, fig. 2 ; several 

 specimens show a tendency to canaliculation of the suture. 



subvar. [?]. 

 6 Salt Range, Rajputana j coll. C. A. Hacket, Esq. 



Long. 36J, diam. 11| mil. ; anfr. 9. A fine, solid form, with 

 peculiarly impressed suture ; regularly, though somewhat super- 

 ficially, spirally striated, apical whorls only subobsoletely, 

 longitudinally striated ; light green, mottled with brown macula- 



tions. 



var. [? dist. sp.]. 



?Brot, Conch.'Cah. II, pi. 26, fig. 4:A [not fig. 4], as M. adsjpersa, 

 Troschel, 



1 Moulmein ; coll. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



A very remarkable form and brightly coloured, the last 

 whorl shortly subangalate, aperture everted ; spirally striate, 

 without longitudinal sculpture, columella perpendicular, ab- 

 ruptly angled at base ; anfr. 6 J ; long. 26J, diam. lOy'^ mil. 



2 Locality ? ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka [32i, 11 j. 



Probably from Burma. None of these agree with the Shan 

 States form figured in the Con. Indica, pi. 110, fig. 4. 



var. orissaensis, nov. 



1 Cuttack, Orissa ', coll. J. Caldwell, Esi(. 



A remarkable form ; spire short, with ventricose whorls, 

 substance thick, coloration uniform green (or almost so), 

 longitudinal ribbing remarkably developed, even on the last 

 whorl. 



Long. 26, diam. 9 [vix] mil. 



