318 MELAMPUS $. 7. 
7s. M. morosus Gassies. 1 
.I. imperforata, conico-oblonga, solida, rufo-castanea, 
longitudinaliter et irregulariter strigata; spira acuminata; anfr. 
6—1, ultimus ?/; longitudinis aequans, superiores planati; apice 
obtusulo; sutura linearis, luteo-pallida, sublacera; apertura 
angusta, superne angulato-flexuosa, basi ovata, intus albo- 
cinerea, plicis 3, 2 parietalibus, superiore minuta, inferiore 
majore, horizontali, 1 columellari; peristoma subincrassatum, 
brunneum, denticulo 1 horizontal, albo. — Diam. 5——6, alt. 
12 mill.; apert. 7-longa, 2 lata.* (G.) 
Melampus morosus Gass. in Journ. Conch. XV. 1867. p. 61. 
Habitat in insula Art Novae Caledoniae (Montrouzier). 
79. M. tetricus Gassies. 1 
,T. obtecte subrimata, ovata, solida, sub lente tenerrime 
striata, epidermide atro-viridi, saepe deficiente, vestita; spira 
brevis, conica, apice erosa; anfr. D subplani, sutura irregulari 
conjuncti, ultimus basi attenuatus, ?/, longitudinis aequans; 
apertura anguste semi-ovalis, biplicata, intus atro-purpurea; 
plica parietalis 1 alba, compressa, subhorizontalis; columellaris 
torta, marginem atüngens; perist aeutum, margine dextro 
medio callo leviter prominulo munito, columellari incrassato, 
reflexo, adnato. — Longit. 10, latit. 51!/; mill.* (M.) 
Melampus tetricus Morelet in Journ. Conch. XII. 1864. p. 290. 
Habitat New-South-W ales. 
so. M. semisulcatus Mousson. 1 
,l. imperforata, conico-piriformis, striata, nitidula, cinna- 
momea. Spira depresse conica; summo obtuso, semper detrito; 
sutura irregulariter crenulata. Anfr. 4 remanentes, 2—3 de- 
structi, planiusculi, stris plicosis et sulcis spiralibus insigne 
granose reticulati; ultimus supra rotundato-subangulatus, tum 
conico-attenuatus, ad basin tumidulus, supra et infra fortiter 
suleatus, illuc praeterea plicostriatus, medio laevigatus. Apert. 
angusta, verticali, elongata, basi arcte rotundata.  Plheae 
parietales 2 parvulae, acutae, interdum tertia minima; pliea 
columellaris acuta, subhorizontalis, basi approximata.  Perist. 
rectum, acutum; margine dextro profunde sublabiato, medio 
lamella unica distincta, altera supera obsoleta praedito; colu- 
mellari brevi, crassiusculo, appresso. — Long. 1l, diam. 6 
mill — Rat. anfr. 2:1; rat. apert. 8:1.* (M.) 
