MELANIID^. 215 



Genus HEMISINUS, Swalnson. 

 Treat. Malac. 1840, p. 341, type H. lineolatus, Gray. 



1. Hemisinus lineolatus. 



Strombus lineolatus, Gray, Wood's Lid. Test. Sup. 1828, Hab. ? 



2 Cuba ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb. 



M. Brot records as localities Jamaica, Venezuela, and Per- 

 nambuco, but not Cuba. The above resemble bis pi. 38, fig, 6 d. 



var. punctata. 

 Hemisinus punctatus, Eeeve, Icon. 1860, Pernambuco. 

 2 Brazil ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb. 

 Like M. Brot's fig. 6 b, only smaller. 



2. Hemisinus ornatus. 



Melania ornatus, Poey, Mem. Cuba, 1852. 

 9 Cuba; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb, &e. 



3. Hemisinus brasiliensis. 



Melanopsis brasiliensis, Moricand, Mem. Sac. Phys. Geneva, VIII, 1839, 

 Villa de Barra ; fide Brot, var.^=Mel. scalaris, Wagner. 



2 Brazil; coll. A. Morelet, Esq. 



var. elata, nov. 

 Conch.-Cab., II, pi. 40, fig. 12 A. as "var. B. elate turrita." 

 1 Brazil ; ex c. Dr. P. Stoliczka. 



4. Hemisinus guayaquilensis. 



Melania guayaquilensis, Petit, Journ. de Conch., 1853, Guayaquil. 

 1 Guayaquil; ex c. A. Morelet, Esq. 



5. Hemisinus behni. 



Hemisinus bebnii, Reeve, Icon. 1860, Pernambuco. 



2 Brazil ; ex c. A. Morelet, Esq. 

 1 Brazil ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcoiiib. 



