262 melaniidj:. 



42. Melania [MelanoidesJ baccata. 



Melania baccata, Gould, P. Bost. S. 1847, River Thoungyin. 



Reeve's fig. 1, M. henrlettce, Gray, from China, seems to me 

 different and specifically separable. 



3 Upper Salwin [Shan States] ; coll. F. Fedden, Esq. 



Resemble Con. Indica, pi. 75, fig. 3 [var. pyramidnUs, Th.]; 

 one of them has a single row of spinose nodules in the middle 

 of each whorl instead of three ; this agrees exactly with Theo- 

 bald's type. 



subvar. recta. 



£rot, pi. 9, fig. 6, as M. baccata. Old. 



1 Upper Salwin ; coll. F. Fedden, Esq. 



Well represented by the above figure, but more decollate, 

 only 2 1 whorls remaining. 



var. iravadica. 



Melania iravadica, TF. T. Blanford, P. Zool. S. 1869, " Male and Bhamo." 



There can be, I think, no question as to the correctness of 

 uniting this form to M. baccata, despite its smaller size and less 

 conspicuous sculpture, which is, however, of an exactly similar 

 nature. Long. 30, diam. 17 mil. 



30 Manwyne [type var.] and Yaylaymaw [Upper Burma] j coll. Dr. J. 

 Anderson. 



43. Melania [Melanoides] subasperata, nov. 



Theobald, J. Asiat. 8. Beng. 1865, pi. 9, fig. 5, as M. variabilis, var. lacci- 

 fera, Shan States, Nammah Stream. 



1 Shan States ; coll. F. Fedden, Esq, [47, 17]. 



This is a typical var. haccifera, Th. ; it is very close to M. 

 Brot's pi. 9, fig. 4A [" M. perfecta, Mss., Celebes "] and also to 

 his pi. 8, figs. 1 and IB, [M. asperata, Lea, Philippines], only 

 smaller ; the shape of the spire more nearly resembles that of 

 M. variabilis than M. baccata ; the small and contracted, almost 

 rounded aperture seems to be characteristic. 



