MELANIIDJl. 259 



A very fine form, with the last whorl and aperture unusually 

 tumidly swollen. Long. 81, diam. 34 mil. ; 7 whorls. 



10 " Hlowa Choung ", Arakan Hills ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



These agree exactly with Con. Indica, pi. 75, fig. 6, and are 

 therefore typical of subvar. pseudospinosa. Long. 86, diam. 29 

 mil. 



The locality given is somewhat untrustworthy. 



var. binodulifera, nov. 



Con. Indica, pi. 72, Jiff. 7, and pi. 75, figs. 5 and 7, N. Cachar, as M. epis- 

 copalis. Lea ; fide Brot, M. spinata, Godwin- Austen, var. 



5 Khasi Hills ; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



Four agree exactly with the ahove-quoted fig. 5 ; the fifth is 

 of interest, as it connects the form with var. sublcevigata [Syl- 

 het] ; the last i| whorls only possessing the characteristic 

 sculpture. Long. 75, diam. 34 mil. 



5 N. Cachar; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen, and ex c. Asiat. Soc, 

 Bengal. 



A short form allied to the preceding. Long. 46, diam. 24 

 mil. 



1 N. Cachar; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin- Austen. 



A beautiful little foi'm, like a miniature of Con. Indica, pi. 75, 

 fig. 5, but with compressed, narrow, last whorl and aperture ; 

 scarcely decollate. Long. 42, diam. 16j mil. ; 6 whorls with a 

 double row of very distinct nodules, of almost equal size. 



30 Barak River, Silchar ; coll. J. Wood-Mason, Esq. 



Like the preceding, but a rather smoother form. 



6 Diyung River, Assam ; coll. Colonel H. H. Godwin-Austen. 



The form well represented in the Con. Indica, pi. 72, fig. 7. 



var. pontiflcalis. 



? Melauia pontiflcalis, v. d. Busch. 



4 Near Sibsagar ; coll. S. E. Peal, Esq, 



