MELANIIDJ3. 259 



A very fine form, with the last whorl and aperture unusually 

 tumidly swollen. Long. 81, diam. 34 mil. ; 7 whorls. 



10 " Hlowa Choung ", Arakan Hills ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



These agree exactly with Con. Tndica, pi. 75, fig. 6, and are 

 therefore typical of subva; . ^seudospinosa. Long. 86, diam. 29 

 mil. 



The locality given is somewhat untrustworthy, 

 var. binodulifera, nov. 



Con. Indica, pi. 72, fig. 7, and pi. 75, figs. 5 and 7, N. Cachar, as M. epis- 

 copalis. Lea ; fide Brot^ M. spinata, Godwin-Austen, var. 



5 Kliasi Hills ; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



Four agree exactly with the above-quoted fig. 5 ; the fifth is 

 of interest, as it connects the form with var. suhlcevigata [Syl- 

 het] ; the last 2 J whorls only possessing the characteristic 

 sculpture. Long, 75, diam. 34 mil. 



5 N. Cachar; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin- Austen, and ex c. Asiat. See, 

 Bengal. 



A short form allied to the preceding. Long. 46, diam. 24 

 mil. 



1 N. Cachar; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin- Austen. 



A beautiful little form, like a miniature of Con. Lidica, pi. 75, 

 fig. 5, but with compressed, narrow, last whorl and aperture ; 

 scarcely decollate. Long. 42, diam. 16^ mil. ; 6 whorls with a 

 double row of very distinct nodules, of almost equal size. 



30 Barak River, Silchar ; coll. J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Like the preceding, but a rather smoother form. 



6 Diyuug River, Assam; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



The form well represented in the Con. Indica, pi. 72, fig. 7. 



var. pontificalis. 



? Melauia pontificalis, u. d. Busch. 



4 Near Sibsagar ; coll. S. E. Peal, Esq, 



