Reference List of South African Non-marine Mollusca, 259 
Becuuanatanp. Negami River (Passarge). 
Transvaau. ‘ Libonibo”’ (? Lebombo) (Wilms). 
MATEBILILAND. Meno’s Kraal (Penther). 
Ruopesta. Victoria Falls (Connolly). 
Also known from North, West, and East Africa, and Northern 
Rhodesia. 
von Martens (1897) places affinis, Smith, in the synonymy of 
ovum, while Melvill and Standen (1907) remark that affinis seems a 
distinct species. 
References to both are given above for purpose of comparison. 
var. ELATIOR, von Martens. 
1866 Lanistes ovum, Ptrs., var. elatior, von Mts., Novit. Conch. ii. 
Deol ple tO, fag, or oR” 
1879 Meladomus elatior, Bgt., Moll. de l’Egypte, p. 39, 
Described from Niebohr River, 8° N. lat. (Heuglin) 
var. INGENS, Ancey. 
1894 Meladomus ovum, Ptrs., var. ingens, Ancey, Mém. Soe. Zool. 
Br. vit p: 2432. 
Described from Karonga, B.C.A. 
048. LANISTES PURPUREUS (Jonas). 
1839 Ampullaria purpurea, Jonas, Archiv. f. Naturg. v, 1. p. 342. 
pLShO: tale, 
» Bulimus tristis, Jay, Catalogue of Shells, p. 121. py ir Noe 
1840 Meladomus bulimoides, Swainson, Treatise on Malac. p. 340. D. 
1845 Lanistes purpurea, Jon. (=tristis, Jay), Trosch., Archiv. f. 
Nature, xi, 1. p. 216. . D. 
1851, 2 Ampullaria purpurea,Jon.,Phil.,Conch.Cab.p.22.pl.6,£.1. DAF. 
1854 Meladomus olivaceus, “ Sow.,” H. & A. Ad., Gen. rec. Moll. i. 
p. 349, and iii. pl. 37, £6. F. 
1859 Lanistes purpureus, Jon., von Mts., Mal. Blatt. vi. p: 216: oN. 
1860 Ampullaria olivacea, ‘ Sow.” (=purpureus, Jonas), Morel., 
Séries Conch. ii. p. 108. N. 
1866 Lanistes purpureus, Jon., von Mts., Novit. Conch. ii. p. 293. WN. 
1881 $3 3 smith; PA.8.ps 2908 N. 
1897 a » von Mits., D.-O.-Afr. p. 163. D.N. 
Type of purpureus in Zool. Mus. Berlin; tristis in American 
Museum of Natural History, New York. 
Hab. Lorenzo Marques. Tette (Peters). 
Also found in East Africa and Zanzibar. 
