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14. Melania caualis. 



Melania canalis. Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Guimaras. 



var. lauceolata, nov. 



Brot, Conch.- Cab. II,\1878, pi. 19, fig. 11a, as ".M, canalis, var." 



7 Cebu J coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



No signs of any longitudinal ribbing even on the upper 

 whorls, except on one specimen, so conspicuous a feature in 

 Reeve's fig. 63. 



var. [? distinct species], 



4 Cebu ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



Possibly tlie young of tbe preceding ; if not, of some closely 

 allied species. There is no trace of the broad band at the base 

 of the aperture so characteristic of If. canalis, 



Sub-Genus 8TBIATELLA, Brot. 



Amer. Journ. Conch. VI, 1871: fide Brot, .Conch.'Cab. II, type 

 M. corporosa, Gould, and M. tnberculata, Muller, 



15. Melania (Striatella) montrouzieri. 



Melania montrouzieri, Gassies, Act. Soc. Lin. Bord., 1861, pi. V, fig. 10, 

 N. Caledonia ; fide Brot, var. M. mariei, Gassies, also perhaps = 

 M. crepidinata, Rv. [Java], and M. graciUna, Gld, [^Tahiti]. 



It seems to me the New Caledonian form is scarcely separable 

 from the Tahitian M. gracilina. 



var. mageni. 



Melania mageni, Gassies, I. c.,pl. VI, fig. 10, N, Caledonia, 



5 New Caledonia ; coll. J. Caldwell, Esq. 



1 New Caledonia ; ex c. P. Bouvier, Esq. [as " M. sp. P "]. 



Anfr. 3 ; long. 15, diam. 7^ mil. 



