MELANIID^. 299 



subvar. minor. 



Conf. Brot,pl.5,fig. 18, Ceylon. 



6 Ceylon j ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



var. conlracta, nov. 



Brot, Conch.-Cah, II, -pi. 5, figs. 19-20, as " P. sulcatus, var." from 

 Peradenia. 



6 Ambegamiiioa, Ceylon ; coll. H, F. Blanf ord, Esq. 



var. compacta. 



** Philopotamls compacta, n. spJ", H. NeviU, in litt. as " almost extinct." 

 1 Ceylcu ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



Remarkable for its small aperture. Long. 16J, diam. llf 

 mil. 



32. Paludomus [Philopotamls] regalis. 



Paludomus regalis, Layard, Ann. and Mag. 1855, Ceylon. 

 10 Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blauford and H. Nevill, Esqrs. 



33. Paludomus [Philopotamls] nigricans, 



Paludomus nigricans. Reeve, Icon. 1847, Ceylon, at 6,000 ft. — " anfr. Icevibus 

 suhangulatis." 



14 Newera Ellia, Ceylon ; coll, H. NeviU and F. Layard, Esqrs. 



]\Iy brother sent to Dr. Stoliczka this, the typical form, as 

 *' Phil, misconceptus/' nov., evidently considering it distinct from 

 the following, in which view he may prove to be correct. 



var. subgranulosa, nov. [? dist. sp.]. 

 Brot, Conch.-Cah. II, 1880, pi. 6, fig. 6, Newem miia, as « var. B." 

 12 Ceylon ; coll. H. P. Blanford, Esq. 



34. Paludomus [Philopotamls] ventricosula. 



Paludomus ventricosula, H. NeviU, Esq., Ms., Brot, Conch.-Cah. II, 1880, 

 pi. 5, fig. 3, as Philopotamis violacea, Layard. 



Both shell and operculum admirably figured as above by 

 ]yi. Brot ; it is, as there stated, a true Philopotamis, whereas 



