MELAMPUS $. 4. 2341 
Melampus taeniola Martens & Langk. Don. Bismark. 1871. p. 56. t. 3. f. 
12. (Synon. Auricula monile var. Quoy & Gaim. Voy. 
Astrol. p. 30 et 33; JMelampus fasciatus var. d Li- 
steri Beck 1nd. p. 107; Auricula Küsteri var. Küst. 
Arumie neon t4 TTC 37) 
Habitat Mangareva (Hombr.), Kingsmill (Pease). 
* 
50. ceaffer (Auricula) Krauss. (Coll. 24.) I. 40. II. 29. — .Morelet 
Sér. conch. ll. p. 94: ins. Mayotte. — Martens & Langk. Don. 
Bismark. p. 56. t. 3. f. 11. —  Pütel Cat. p. 114. —  Schmeltz in 
Mus. God, eat, V. p. 88. — Var. 8: Conovulus ater Mühlf. — 
Melampus ater H. & A. Adums. — Ora Natalensis, ins. Philippin., 
var. 8 Oheatora. 
51. lividus (Auricula) Desh. (Coll. 25.) I. 40. II. 29. — Morelet Sér. 
conch. II. p. 94: ins. Mayotte. — Ora Natalensis, ins. Mauritius. | 
52. Sincaporensis Pfr. I. 41. II. 30. — Singapore. 
53. M. Dupontianus Morelet. 
,T. imperforata, ovalis, striatula suleisque distantibus 
irregulariter notata, nitida, virenti- vel griseo-fuscescens, fascia 
interdum lata infra suturam cingulata; spira conoidea, mucro- 
nata; sutura impressa, demum sublacera; anfr. 8—9 planius- 
culi, ultimus basi attenuatus, longitudinis ?/; fere aequans; 
apertura angusta, oblonga, sursum acuminata; paries apertu- 
ralis denticulo profundo et plicis 2 inaequalibus, supera vali- 
diore, munitus; plica columellaris extrorsum porrecta; perist. 
acutum, rubellum, margine dextro plicis transversis obsoletis 
5—0 praedito. — Long. 8, diam. 5 mill, var. minoris long. 
11/, diam. 4 mill.* (M.) 
Melampus Dupontianus Morelet in Journ. Conch. XXIII. 1875. p. 25. t. 1. f. 2. 
Habitat in insula Mauritius, var. minor ins. Rodriguez. 
54. M. striatus Pease. 1 
» T. elongato-ovata, solida, imperforata, fusca; spira brevis, 
mucronata, granulosa; anfr. ultimo transversim striato, interdum 
striis longitudinalibus ruguloso;: columella tripheata, labro 
bilamellato. — Long. 10, diam. 5 mill.* (Pease 1868.) 
Melampus striatus (Tralia) Harper Pease in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. p. 
244*); Amer. journ. conch. IV. 1868. p. 100. t. 12. f. 14. 
*) Shell elongately ovate, dark brown; spire short; apex granulose; 
last whorl ornamented with revolving striae, which, on mature specimens, 
are distant or disappear altogether on the middle portion of the whorl; co- 
lumella furnished with three plaits and one at the base; outer lip with one 
or two lamellae.* (Pease 1861.) 
