MELAMPUS $. 3. 301 
anfr. (—8, ultimus tumidus, versus basin paulum attenuatus, 
basi sulcis compluribus cinctus; apertur 3/4 longitudinis 
occupans, angusta, basi paulum dilatata, vix effusa; plicae 
parietales 2, superior subverticalis, plus minusve denticulata, 
inferior compressa, intrans; plica eolumellaris obliqua; margo 
columellaris adnatus, haud distinctus; margo externus acutus, 
plicis internis usque 6 subremotis, 3 majoribus subelongatis, 
ceteris alternis brevioribus. — Long. 11—13!/;, diam. 6—1!/;; 
alt. apert. 7!/,—10 mill* (v. M.) 
Melampus Siamensis Mart. in Monatsber. Berl. Akad. 16 Jan. 1865. p. 54. 
— — Jickeli Moll. Nordost-Afr. p. 176 *). t. 7. f. 9. 
— — Püátel Catal. p. 114. 
— — Issel Moll. Born. p. 57. 
-— — Morelet Séries conch. IV. 1875. p. 271. 
— KEhrenbergianus Morelet in Ann. Mus. Genov. III. 1872. p. 
208 **). t, 9. f. 13. 
fasciatus Morelet ibid. p. 26. 
Habitat Petehaburi in Siam; Schech Said, Dahlak etc. 
Maris Rubri; Borneo. 
* 
32. Küsteri (Auricula) Krauss. I. 33. II. 23. —  Auricula monile 
Reeve. — Tralia Küsteri H. & A. Adams. — Ora Natalensis. 
33. M. obtusus Gassies. t 
.Testa obtecte rimata, conica, subcarinata, nitida, solida, 
unieolor eastanea, ad carimam luteo cincta, longitudinaliter 
strigata; spira brevis, rapide acuminata; anfractus 9 (ultimus 
*) ,Testa imperforata, ventricoso-ovata, solida, tenuissime per longi- 
tudinem striatula, nitidula, unicolor pallide brunnea, vel plurifasciata; spira 
eonvexo-conoidea, apice aeuminato, mucronato; anfr. 7— 9, planiusculi, regu- 
lariter et lente crescentes, sutura appressa lacera divisi, ultimus tumidus, 
superne vix angulatus, basi attenuatus et impresse striatus, ?/; longitudinis 
superans; apertura subobliqua, anguste elongata, basi parum dilatata, vix 
effusa; plieae parietales 2: superior subvertiealis, plus minusve denticulata, 
inferior compressa; plica columellaris obliqua, marginem attingens; margo 
columellaris incrassatus, adnatus, interdum vix solutus, externus acutus, intus 
inerassatus, pliciferus. — Alt. 11!/5—12!/,, diam. maj. 7— 72/4; apert. alt. 
9— 91/5, 12t..93/,— 41/5 mill. (J.) 
**) ,T. subimperforata, oblonge ovalis, solida, rugosiuseula, sub lente 
striatula, nitida, carneo-grisea; spira brevis, obtuse conoidea, saturate viola- 
cea; sutura irregularis; anfr, 9 planiusculi, ultimus basi attenuatus, ?/, longi- 
tudinis aequans; apertura angusta, subeffusa, lamellis 2 parietalibus, infera 
prominente, dentiformi, supera oblique compressa, et plica columellari pro- 
funda marginem attingente coarctata; peristoma acutum, margine dextro 
intus albo-ealloso, plicis transversis 4 munito, cum altero callo nitido, lato, 
fuscescente, juneto. — Longit. 12, diam. 6 mill.* (M.) | 
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