MELANIID2E. 297 



Long. 18, diam. 13| mil. ; strongly decollate, two whorls only 



remaining. 



M. Brot's pi. 7, figs. 7-8 in the Conch.-Cab. P. isseli, from 

 Borneo, gives an exact representation of this new and rare 

 Ceylon form ; the well- developed, crowded, almost granulose 

 spiral striation will at once distinguish it. 



24. Paludomus africana. 



Paludomus africanus, von Martens^ Monats. Berlin, 1S78, p. 297, Finhoni, 

 coast of Zanzibar. 



2 Somali Land [typical] ; ex c. Dr. H. Dohrn. 



Prof, von Martens has also described a PahidomAis exarata, 

 I. c, from the same highly interesting locality. Mr. Smith 

 in P. Z. S., 1881, p. 294^, seems to consider the form as not 

 separable from Melanin fer nig inea, Lea, P. Z. S.p 1850, Zanzi- 

 bar=3f"eZ. zanquebarica. Petit, J. de 0., 1852. 



25. Paludomus stephanus. 



Malania stephanus, Benson, J. A. S. B., 1836, N. U. Bengal ; Con. Indica, 

 pi. 122, Jig. 10;=Melania coronata [v, d. Busch\ Fhil. Abb. 1S42, 

 Bengal. 



11 Sjlliet [types] ; ex c. As. Soc. Bengal. 



20 Khasi Hills ; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



Grows to a large size — long. 28J, diam. 22 mil. 



26. Paludomus travancorica. 



Paludomus travancorica, Beddome ms., Blanford, Journ. Asiat, Soc. Bengal^ 

 1881, Travancore. 



4 Travancore [typical] ; coll. Colonel R. H. Beddome. 



27. Paludomus microsculpta, n. sp. 



2 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [sent as " F. striata, nov., very rare "]. 



Sub-Genus PHILOTOTAMIS, Layard. 

 Ann. Mag. 1855, type Pal. sulcata. Reeve. 



Mr. Layard states, 1. c, that the section inhabits mountain 

 torrents, and describes the operculum as possessing a terminal 

 nucleus. 



