MELANIID^. 275 



Certainly distinct, I think, from M, mauiensis ; even more 

 closely resembling M. lateritia. These specimens agree fairly 

 with the above-quoted figure, only the last whorl is more con- 

 vexly tumid and the aperture more dilated. Long. 22, diam. 

 11 i mil.; anfr. 4. 



81. Melania [Tarebia] rudis. . 



Melania rudis, iea, P. Zool. 8. 1850, Amloina; fide Brof, = M. micros- 

 toma. Lea, Isl. Negros, 



2 Halmaheira ; ex Mr. Landauer. 



This is the var. B. of M. Brot [pi. 32, fig. lA.], which, how- 

 ever, judging from the locality, I consider to be the typical 

 form. 



var. ceylonica, nov. 



Can. Indica, pi, LXXIV, figs. 7 and 10, and Reeve, fig. 172 {benel. 



8 Kalutara, Ceylon; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



6 Tenasserim River; coll. W. Theobald, Esq. [A. S. B.]. 



These latter agree exactly with the Ceylon specimens. They are 

 the No. 3 [" M. tuherculata''], var. D. of Theobald's Catalogue, 

 page 40. I should much like to see the locality confirmed. I 

 fear there may have been some confusion. 



7 Tenasserim River ; ex c, Asiat. Soc. Beugal. 



These are doubtless part of the preceding donation, which it 

 was not considered necessary to " mount." Two are of a small, 

 dwarf race, and three are not decollate, in this state resembling 

 very closely the Halmaheira specimens. 



82. Melania [Tarebia] scopulus. 



Melania scopulus. Reeve, Icon., fig. 165, 1860, Locality 1 ; Philippines fide 

 Brot [Cuming'}. 



5 Luzon ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 

 20 Philippiues [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



These include two or three varieties ; one especially with very 

 ventricose last whorl and finer, more close-set sculpture ; another 

 is without any longitudinal, decussating sculpture, and is of a 

 uniform dull violet colour. 



