26^ MELANIIDiE. 



42. Melania [Melanoides] baeeata. 



Melania baccata, Gould, P. Bost. S. 1847, River Thoungyin. 



Reeve's fig. 1, M. henriettce, Gray, from China, seems to me 

 different and specifically separable. 



3 Upper Salwin [Shan States] ; coll. F. Fedden, Esq. 



Resemble Con. Indica, pi. 75, fig\ 3 [var. pyramidalis, Tli.]; 

 one of them has a single row of spinose nodules in the middle 

 of each whorl instead of three ; this agrees exactly with Theo- 

 bald's type. 



subvar. recta. • 



Brot, 2>L 9, Jig. 6, as M. haccafa. Old. 



1 Upper Salwin ; coll. F. Fedden, Esq. 



Well represented by the above figure, but more decollate, 

 only 2 J whorls remaining. 



var. iravadica. 



Melania iravadica, TF. T. Blanford, P. Zool S. 1869, " Male and Bhamo.'* 



There can be, I think, no question as to the correctness of 

 uniting this form to M. haccata, despite its smaller size and less 

 conspicuous sculpture, which is, however, of an exactly similar 

 natui^e. Long. 30, diam. 17 mil. 



30 Manwyne [type var.] and Yaylaymaw [Upper Burma] ; coll. Dr. J. 

 Anderson. 



43. Melania [Melanoides] subasperata, nov. 



Theobald, J. Asiat S. Beng. 1865, pi. 9, fig. 5, as M. variahilis, var. bacci- 

 fera, Shan States, Nammah Stream. 



1 Shan States ; coll. F. Fedden, Esq. [47, 17]. 



This is a typical var. haccifera, Th. ; it is very close to M. 

 Brot's pi. 9, fig. 4A [" M. perfecta, IMss., Celebes "] and also to 

 his pi. 8, figs. 1 and IB, [M. asperata, Lea, Philippines], only 

 smaller ; the shape of the spire more nearly resembles that of 

 M. variabilis than M. haccata ; the small and contracted, almost 

 rounded aperture seems to be characteristic. 



