MELAMPUS $. 3. 4. 309 
datus, basin versus sensim attenuatus, basi lineis impressis 
spiralibus cinctus; apertura angusta, basi subeffusa, non dila- 
tata; plicae parietales 2, ambae inferae, subaequales, albae; 
plea columellaris valde obliqua; margo columellaris incrassa- 
tus, aurantius; margo externus strictus, nigrocastaneus, plieis 
internis circiter 10 subremotis, albis, alternis minoribus. — 
Long. 6—8, diam. 4—5, apert. alt. 5—6!/, mill.* (v. M.) 
Melampus nucleolus Martens in Monatsber. Berl. Ak. 16 Jan. 1865. p. 55. 
Habitat in insulis Amboina et Ceram. 
* 
41. Floridanus (Auricula) Shuttl. (Coll. 18.) I. 35. II. 25. — Binn. 
Terr. Moll. IV. p. 165. t. 75. f. 30; Land- and freshw. sh. North- 
Am. II. p. 16. f, 17. — Zryon in Amer. journ. conch. IV. p. 9. 
t. 18. f£. 11. —  Pütel Cat. p. 114. —  Auricula Rugeli Charp. — 
Tralia Floridana .H. & A. Adams. — Florida. 
42. triticeus (Auricula) Phil. (Coll. 19.) I. 36. II. 26. — Gassies 
Faun. Nouv, Caléd. p. 62. — Cassidula triticea H. & A. Adams. — 
China?, Balade Novae Caledoniae. 
43. M. granum Gassies. 1 
.lesta imperforata, minima, oviformis, nitida, castanea, 
epidermide fulva tenui, longitudinaliter subtilissime striatula; 
spira conica, brevis; anfr. 6—, ultimus ?/5 longitudinis aequans, 
superne attenuatus; apice mucronato; sutura mediocris, lace- 
rata; apertura angusta, superne stricta, basi rotundato-patula, 
intus brunneo-rufescens; plicis 2, parietalibus 2 horizontalibus, 
superiore majore, columellari 1 mediocri, ascendente, carneola; 
peristoma simplex, carneo-brunnescens, denticulis 6— 7 irregu- 
laribus, albis munitum. — Diam. 3, alt. 6 mill. Apert. 3!/; mill. 
longa, 1 lata.* (G.) 
Melampus granum Gass. in Journ. Conch. XVII. 1869. p. 74. 
Habitat in insula Art Novae Caledoniae (Montrouzier). 
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44. luteus (Aurieula) Quoy & Gaim. (Coll. 20) I. 36. II. 26. — 
Gassies Faun. Nouv. Caléd. p. 62. —  Mouss. in Journ. Conch. 
XVII. 1869. p. 346 (Manua, Upolu); XXI. 1873. p. 106 (ins. Ellice). 
— AHMartens & Langk. Don. Bismark. p. 55: Kingsmill —-  Pütel 
Cat. p. 114. — JSchmeltz in Mus. God. cat, V. p. 88. — Conovulus 
Columbiensis Mühf., luteus Ant. — Var.?: Melampus pallescens Sow. 
— Auricula pallescens Küst. — Vanikoro, Guam, Java, ins. Philippin., 
ins. Art et Lifu Novae Caledoniae. 
