272 MELANIID2B. 



71. Molania [Melanella] zonata. 



Melania zonata, Benson, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1836, Sylhet ; fide Brot 1=^ 

 M. retusa, Gray, in Griffith's Cuvier [not of Baffin']. 



7 Sylhet [typical] j ex c. Asiatic Soc. Bengal. 



Probably better classed in the next subgenus ; I retain, how- 

 ever, M. Brot's classification for the present. 



Sub-Genus PABAMELANIAy Smith. 



p. Zool. S. 1881, tt/pe M. nassa. Woodward. 



Mr. C. A. White (in ' Nature ', 1881, Vol. XZY, p. 101) 

 considers the group identical with that of Pyrgulifera humerosa 

 of Meek (U. S. Geol. Survey, Vol. IV, by Clarence Kicg), a 

 Mesozoic fossil. 



72. Melania [Paramelania] nassa. 



Melania nassa, Woodward, Ann. and Mag. 



1 Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa; ex Mr. Damou. 



Sub-Genus TABEBIA, H. & A. Adams. 



Oen. Moll. I, p. 304, as subgenus of Vibex, OJcen ! Sect. = Sermyla, H. 

 and A. Adams, I. c, as subgenus of Melanella, Sw. ; type fide Brot, 

 Conch. Cab., 1874, Mel. graniiera. 



73. Melania [Tarebia] lateritia. 



Melania lateritia, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Philippines. 



6 Mauban, Luzon ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. [19L lOI]. 



A dark-coloured, short-spired, much-eroded form, without 

 bands. 



6 Mindanao ; coll. Prof, C. Semper. 



Resembling the preceding, but of a yellowish-brown colour and 

 not eroded. 



7 Pbilippincs ; coll. Baron F. von lliclitliofcn. 



