302 MELANIID^. 



var. nodulosa. 



Paludomus nodulosus, DoTirn, P. Zool. S. 1857, Ceylon. 



3 Ratnapoora; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [as " P,fumculata, Rv/'J. 



subvar. aerea. 



Paludomus aereus. Reeve, P. Zool. S. 1852, Ceylon. 



The following agree fairly with M. Brot's figs., but not with 

 that of the Con. Indica. 



6 Ceylon ; ex e. Dr. F. StoHezka. 



var. reevei. 



Tanalia reevei, Layard, Ann. Mag. 1855, Ceylon, Ratnapoora. 



1 Ceylon ; ex c. Dr. F. StoHezka. 



2 Ceylon; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



Resemble Con. Indica, pi. 124, fig. 5. 

 subvar. minor. 



5 Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 

 Resemble Conch.-Cab. II, pi. 3, fig. 10. 



var. layardi. 



Paludomus layardi, Reeve, P. Zool, S. 1852, Ceylon. 



1 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [as " P. nodulosa, Dohrn "]. 

 Long. 27i, diam. 24 J mil. 



The interior markings are " arrow-headed " and very beauti- 

 ful. It is unlike both Brot's and Hanley's figures,- — nearer the 

 latter. 



var. funiculata. 



Paludomus funiculatus, Reeve, Icon. 1847, Ratnapoora in Ceylon ; ? = P. 

 picta, of Brot, pi. 4, Jigs. 2 and 3 [not of Layard}. 



14 Ceylon; coll. H. P. Blanford and H. Nevill, Esqrs. 



