272 MELANIIDJi;. 



71. Melauia [Melanella] zonata. 



Mcliuiia zoni»t:i, Benson, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1S36, Sylhet ; fide Brot !=^ 

 M. retusa, Qray, in Griffith's Cuvier \_not of Baffin']. 



7 Sylliet [typical] j ex c. Asiatic Soc. Bengal. 



Probably better classed in the next subgenus ; I retain, how- 

 ever, M. Brot's classification for the present. 



Sub-Genus PABAMELANIA, Smith. 



p. Zool. S. ISSl, type M. nassa. Woodward. 



Mr. C. A. White (in ' Nature ', 1881, Vol. XXV, p. 101) 

 considers the group identical with that of Pyrgulifera humerosa 

 of Meek (U. S. Geol. Survey, Vol. IV, by Clarence King), a 

 Mesozoic fossil. 



72. Melania [Paramelania] nassa. 



Melauia nussa, Woodicard, Ann. and Mag. 



1 Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa; ex Mr. Damon. 



Sub-Genus TABEBIA, H. & A. Adams. 



Gen. Moll. I, p. 304, as subgenus of Vibex, OJcen ! Sect. = Senni/Ia. H. 

 and A. Adams, I. c, as subgenus of 3IetaneUa, Sw. ; type fide Lrot, 

 Conch. Cab., 1874, Mel. granitera. 



73. Melania [Tarebia] lateritia. 



Melauia lateritia, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1S50, Philippines. 



6 Maubau, Luzon; coll. K. Hungcrford, Esq. [191, IO2]. 



A dark-coloured, short-spired, much-eroded form, without 

 bands. 



6 Mindanao; coll. Prof. C. .Semper. 



Resembling the preceding, but of a yellowish-brown colour and 

 not eroded. 



7 Philipiiiucs ; coll. Baron F. von Iviclitliofeu. 



