MELAMPUS. 169 



paries et columella callo nitente induta; dentes parietales duo, intrantes 

 albidi, infero magiori ; septaj interiije absorpta?. 



SYNONYBIS AND REFEKENCES. 



Auricula Midoe parva fusca unicohr Maetini and Chemnitz, vol. ii. p. 119, t. 43, 



f. 446. 

 Favanne, t. 65, f. H. 4, (teste Pfr.) 

 Voluia n. 108 Schkoter, Einl. i. p. 273. 

 Valuta pusilla Ghelin, Syst. p. 3436, (teste Pfr.) 

 DiLLWYN, Cat. i. p. 507. 

 Wood, Index, t. 19, fig. 20. 

 Valuta triplicata Donovan, Brit. Shells, vol. v. pi. 138, (1808). 

 Montagu, Test. Brit. Suppl. p. 99. 

 DiLLWYN, Cat. p. 507. 

 Wood, Ind. pi. 19, f. 19 

 Bulimus ovulus Bruguiere, Encycl. Meth. i. p. 339. 

 Melampa ovuluni Schweigger, Handb. p. 739, (teste Pfr.) 

 Auricula ovula ( Canavula) Feeussac, Tabl. Syst. p. 108, (absq. desc.) 

 Auricula nitens Lamark, An. s. Vert. vol. vi. 2, p. 141. 



Desha YES in Lam. vol. viii. p. 332; ed. 3, vol. iii. p. 387. 

 Chemnitz, ed. 2, Auric, p. 18, pi. ii. f. 11-13. 

 Auricula 2nisilla Deshay'Es in Lam. vol. viii. p. 332. 



Jay', Cat. (absq. desc.) p. 265. 

 Auricula leucodonta Nuttall, mss. teste H. et A. Adams. 

 Ckmovulus nitens Voight in Cuv. Tliierr. III. p. 112, (teste Pfr.) 

 Conomlus pusillus Anton, Verz. p. 48. 



Forbes and Hanley, Brit. jMoH. vol. iv., p. 197, (absq. desc.) 

 Melamjms pusillus C. B. Adams, Coutr. Conch, p. 42, 186, (absq. desc.) 

 Pfeiffer, Monog. Auric. Viv. p. 48. 

 PoEY, Mem. i. p 394, (absq. desc.) 

 Shuttleworth, absq. desc. 

 Pythia ovulum Beck. Ind. p. 104, (teste Pfr. ) 

 Pythia iriplicata Bkck, Ind. p. 104, (teste Pfr.) 

 Tralia jyusilla Gray in Turt. Man. p. 21, (absq. desc.) 



H. et A. Adams, Gen. Rec. Moll. vol. ii. (Sept. 1855,) p. 244, pi. 82, 

 f. 8. 

 Tralia ovulum Moech, Cat. Yold. p. 38, (teste Pfr.) absq. desc. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Animal not observed. 



Shell imperforate, lengthened ovate, solid, shining, 

 smooth, marked with microscopic revolving lines, most 

 easily detected on the spire ; reddish-brown, with lighter, 

 hardly perceptible revolving bands ; suture moderate, less 

 ragged than in the other species ; spire elongate-conic ; 

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