276 MELANIIDJ;. 



var. [? dist. sp.]. 



2 Cebu ; coll. R. Hungcrfovd, Esq. 



A small form, perhaps not adult, near M. celehensis, Quoy. 



83. Melania [Tarebia] broti. 



Melanin broti {Dohrn), Heeve, Icon. fig. 160, 1S60, Ceylon; = M. chocola- 

 turn, Brat, Rev. Zool, I860 ; sp. of Tiarop sis fide Brot. 



5 Ceylon ; coll. E. L. Layard [A. S. B.] and H. Nevill, Esqrs. 

 subvar. subrudis. 



3 Ceylon; coll. E. L. Layard, Esq. [A. S. B.]. 



A form not represented by M. Brot ; it may fairly be considered 

 a connecting link between tins species and If. riidis. Long. 

 26, diam. \\\ mil. ; decollate, 3| whorls only remaining. Com- 

 pai'e also Mr. Hanley's remarks, Con. Indica, page 32. 



84. Melania [Tarebia] lineata. 



Helix lineata, Oraii, Sup. Wood's Index Test. 1S2S, fig. 68, " Hast Indies " ; 

 = Melania sp., Benson, Gleanings of Science, I, fig. D. and II, 

 page 22 [^sine nom.] ; = Melania lirata, Benson, J. A. S. B., V, 1836, 

 page 782 \sine descr.^. 



The synonomy of this species is correctly given by Mr. Hanley 

 in the Con. Indica; M. Brot, on the other hand, has evidently 

 not had the " Gleanings of Science " to refer to, or else he would 

 have found the name of Melania lirata is not mentioned therein. 



50 Calcutta ; coll. G. Nevill, J. B. Baxter, and Colonel G. B. Mainwaring. 



With one or two undulating, subgranulose keels below tho 

 suture only; well represented by the Con. Indica, pi. LXXI, 

 fig. 7. 



15 Calcutta ; coll. Dr. F. Stoliczka and ex c. Asiatic Soc, Bengal. 



Granulose sculpture distinct and well developed ; fairly re- 

 presented by M. Brot's pi. 33, fig. 6, excellently by Reeve'a 

 tig. 170 [Sikkim]. 



Long. 30, diam. 14 ; another long. 34, diam. 12| mil. 



20 Calcutta [in Tanks]; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. 



