LITTORINID^. 151 



Agree well with Reeve's fig. 44, only tlie characteristic suba- 

 cute spiral striation is much more distinct. 



48. Littorina melanostoma. 



Littorina melanostoma. Gray, BeecTiey's Voy. 1839, p. 140, Indian Ocean ; 

 Seychelles, fide Mts.; Java, Mergui, and Ceylon, fide Phil. ; Singapore and 

 Borneo, fide Reeve. 



10 Port Canning J coll. Dr. F. Stolizka (marked " $"). 

 5 Port Canning ; coll. Dr. F. Stoliczka (marked " $ "). 



I can trace no diiference whatever, except it be that the 

 female form seems a little larger. 



20 Port Canning, Akyab, False Point, Masulipatam, and Amherst ; 

 coll. J. Wood-Mason and G. Nevill, Esqrs., and Colonel G. B. 

 Mainwaring. 



var. articulata. 



5 Hongkong ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 

 Long. 12, diam. 6| mil. 



A small form, with articulate brown spots, instead of more 

 or less undulating longitudinal stripes, sent me as only found 

 in one spot, and rare thei*e. 



49. Littorina carinifera. 



Pliasianella carlnif era, Menke, Syn. II,1S30, Hah. ?;fide Pkilippi, from Java, 

 China, Philippines and = L, perdix. King, 1831 ; fide Reeve, from 

 Borneo, S(c. 



24 Andamans and Nicobars ; coll. F. Stoliczka and J. Wood-Mason, Esqrs. 

 12 Bombay and Arakan ; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and H. F. Blanford 

 Esq. 



subvar. pyramidalis. 



4 Bombay and Java (?) ; coll. Rev. S. B. Fairbank and ex c. Madras 



Museum. 



var. Isevior. 

 Long. 16, diam. 10|^ mil. 

 12 Penang and Singapore ; coll. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



