30 MELAMPUS Sq. 3. 
Jamaica, var. Ó prope Cardenas insulae Cubae a Cl. Gund- 
lach lecta est. 
23 20. NÉ. obliquus Say. T 
T. obconica, rufa, crassiuscula; spira vix elevata; anfr. 
8—9, transverse rugati; labium dentbus 2 distinctis et pro- 
minentia obtusa, levi, intermedia, aequidistante munitum; dens 
inferior perobliquus, ad basin productus; labrum dentibus vel 
stris circa 8, in margine desinenübus instructum ; basis aper- 
turae dente basali subcontracta. — Long. ultra 7/5 poll. (Say.) 
Melampus obliquus Say in Philad. Journ. IL. p. 377. *) 
-— -— Beck Ind. p. 107. n. 8. 
— z Pfr. Syn. Auric. n. 18. 
Habitat in. Carolina meridionali. 
Obs. Nonne JM. coffeae varietas? 
24 21. NE. eastameus WVRiiliifeld. 
T. subrimata, oblongo-ovata, solida, vix striatula, niti- 
dula, saturate castanea, prope basin interdum pallide fasciata ; 
Spira brevis, conoidea, submucronata; sutura impressa; anfr. 
1, superi angusti, planulati, ultümus ^/, longitudinis fere 
aequans, versus basin sensim attenuatus; apertura subverti- 
calis, angusta, basi vix latior, plicis 2 infra medium parietis 
aperturalis (supera validiore) et callo palatali profundo, albido, 
plicas transversas 7 immittente, coarctata; columella subobli- 
que uniplicata; perist. simplex, acutum, margine dextro levi- 
ter arcuato, columellari crassiusculo, subpatente. — Long. 15, 
diam. max. 91!/, mill. Ap. 12!/, mill. longa, medio 3 mill. 
lata... (Coll; Ny; 10:) 
Voluta castanea Mühlf. in Mag. Ges, nat. Fr. Berl. VII. 1818. p. 4. 
t3 £29. 68] 
Conovulus fuscus Philippi mss. olim. 
— leucodon 4, 4dams in Voy. Samarang. Moll, Introd. p. V. 

*) Obconic, reddish-brown, rather thick; spire very little elevated; 
whorls 8— 9, wrinkled across; labium with 2 very distinct teeth, and an 
intermediate and equidistant slight obtuse prominence, inferior tooth very 
oblique, terminating at the base, labrum with abouth 8 teeth or striae, 
which terminate on the margin; base of the aperture a little contracted by 
the basal tooth. (Say l. c.) 
**) Testa sub-ovata, laevi, rufa, spira elevata novemgyra, labro costato, 
columella biplicata. — Long. 5 lin. — Affinis Volutae flavae Gm. — Ha- 
bitat in India orientali. (Mühlf. l. c.) 
