308 MELAMPUS $. 3. 
3/, longitudinis aequans), superne planati; apice mucronato; 
sutura depressa, luteola, sublacerata; apertura angusta, sub- 
flexuosa, superne angulata, bas ovato-patula, intus castanea, 
plieis 3, 2 parietalibus profunde intrantibus, 1 columellari 
majore, ascendente; peristoma subincrassatum denticulis 8—10, 
irregularibus, albis munitum, rufo-violaceum; columella rufo- 
nitida. — Long. 12, diam. 71/, mill. Apert. 9!/; mill. longa, 
21/, lata.* (G.) 
Melampus obtusus Gass. in Journ. Conch. XVII. 1869. p. 73. 
Habitat 1n insula Art Novae Caledoniae (Montrouzier). 
* 
34. Redfieldi Pfr. (Coll. 16.) I. 33. II. 23. — .Bznn. Terr. Moll. IV. 
p. 170. — Pütel Cat. p. 114. — Ins. Bermuda, Florida? 
35. sciuri (Auricula) Lesson. f I. 57. II. 43, — Apert. 2 mill. lata. 
— QGassies Faun. Nouv. Caléd. p. 59. t. 7. f. 6. — Nova Hibernia 
(Less., Balade Novae Caledoniae (Magen). 
36. hepaticus (Auricula) Philippi. f I. 34. II. 24. — Liew Kiew. 
37. Umlaasianus (Auricula) Krauss. I. 34. II. 24. — Ora Natalensis. 
38. M. exesus Gassies. i 
»lesta subrimata, ovato-conica, solida, longitudinaliter 
striatula, cireumsulcata, castanea, concolor, epidermide brunneo- 
lutea, decorticata; spira brevis, convexo-conoidea, decollata; 
sutura impressa, lacerata; anfractus 3 planiusculi, ultimus. ?/, 
longitudinis aequans; apertura vix obliqua, angusta, superne 
acuto-angulata, inferne breviter rotundata; plieae parietales 2, 
supera major elongata, vel multidentata (6?), infera alba, 
horizontalis; plica columellaris acuta, elevata, albo-rosea; 
peristoma simplex, subpatulum, carneolum, lactescens, vio- 
laceo-nitidum, margine dextro superne angulato, inferne 
subrotundato; intus denticulis b, albis munita; columella albo- 
rosea, nitida. — Diam. maj. 6!/, alt. 9—10; apert. 9 mill. 
longa, 2 lata.* (G.) 
Melampus exesus Gass. in Journ. Conch. XXII. 1874. p. 212. 
Habitat ,,Baie du Sud* Novae Caledoniae (Lambert). 
* 
39, pulchellus (Auricula) Petit. (Coll. 17.) I. 35. II. 25. — ralia 
pulchella H. & A. Adams. — Ins. Philippin., Singapore. 
40. M. nucleolus Martens. 
.lesta piriformis, imperforata, nitidula, nigrocastanea; 
spira brevis, conica; anfr. 6, subgradati, ultimus supra rotun- 
