1919. | N. ANNANDALE & B. PRASHAD: Mollusca. 33 
[var. leopardina, nov.] 
(Pl. iv, fig. 4.) 
1876. Melania pyramis and var. adspersa, Hanley and Theobald (nec 
Troschel) Conch. Ind., pl. cx , figs. 1, 2, 4. 
1877. Melania adspersa, Brot (nec Troschel), op. cit., p. 255, pl. xxvi, 
figs. 4, 4a. 
1885. Melania (Striatella) tuberculata, Nevill, Hand List Moll. Ind. 
Mus., 11, p. 240 (in part). 
This form has almost the same proportions as the forma typica, 
but the body whorl is slightly narrower and the anterior margin of 
the lip less produced. The surface of the shell is of a pale yellow 
colour beautifully marked with irregular longitudinal streaks of 
deep red. The sculpture is similar to that of the typical form but 
the granules are not so distinct. The shell is considerably thinner. 
Measurements of Shells (tn miliimetres). 
Tength  .. oe eee 284 22:3 
Breadth .. Signe MON 9.9 Sr 
Length of aperture .. 9Q'9 10 8:2 
Breadth of aperature.. 5°3 8 4°4 
Type-series. 1202, Zoological Survey of India (Ind. Mus.) 
(from Poona). 
The denticulations of the teeth of the radula are all rather blunt. 
The central tooth has four small cusps on each side of the central 
cusp. Its upper margin is slightly concave. None of the denticu- 
lations of the lateral teeth are much enlarged, the inner marginal 
has about thirteen and the outer about eight denticulations. 
We figure the operculum. 
This form appears to be the one to which the name pyramis 
has been most commonly applied. The measurements given by 
Troschel of his type-specimens of Melania adspersa, in which the 
apex was destroyed, preclude their belonging to it. It is not 
uncommon, though apparently somewhat sporadic, in the Indo- 
Gangetic plain and Peninsular India, but has often been confused 
with M. tuberculata. 
[ var. puteicola, nov. | 
(Pl. iv, figs. 7-8.) 
1834. Melania (No. 14), Hutton, Fourn. As. Soc. Bengal III, p. 91. 
1885. Melania (Plotia) scabra var. elegans, Nevill (specimens from Feroze- 
pore only), op. cit., p. 284. 
As we have already pointed out, two quite distinct forms were 
confused by Nevill, and apparently at one time by Benson and 
Hutton, under the name Melania elegans. The specimens we 
describe here are those which Hutton found in a well at Ferozepore 
in the Punjab. They are the only shells we have seen. 
Type-serties. M 115401/2, Zoological Survey of India (Ind. 
Mus.). 
