284 MELANIIDJ;. 



These are tlae var. nodose-costata of Moussou, Moll. Java, 

 pi. 11, fig. 11. 



6 Millie, Seychelles ; coll. G. Ncvill, Esq. 



Well represented by M. Brot's pi. 7, fig. 14 A. [Ceylon], 

 only ratlier smaller. 



4 Mauritius ; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. 



Fairly intermediate between var. grcmium and the form 

 represented by M. Brot's pi. 27, fig. 14. Long. 19, diam. 8| 

 mil. 



var. elegans. 



Melania elegans, Benson, J. A S. B. V., 1836, p. 782, for Melania sp. ? 

 Gleanings of Science, II, 1830, p. 22, Rivers Gumti, Belwa and Cen ; 

 Eanleif, Con. Indica, pi. 73, fiys. 5 — 7, N. Oude and South India, as 

 Melania scahra, var. elegans, Bs. ; Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, pi. 28, Jig. 9, 

 as " Mel. eleg am, Bs." 



I consider Mr. Hanley is undoubtedly right in uniting this 

 form to Mel. scahra, the transition from the one to the other 

 being clearly traceable. 



10 Ferozepore [Punjab] j coll. Captain R. C. Temple. 



Found in a well. This remarkable " habitat " confirms Cap- 

 tain Hutton's record of a similar observation, J. A. S. B., 1834. 

 These specimens are the only ones 1 have seen that agree with 

 M. Brot's above-quoted figures. 



8 " India " ; ex c. Asiatic Soc, Bengal. 



These are perhaps typical M. elegans, from Benson. 



6 Bolan Pass; coll. Captain F. W. Hutton [A. S. B.]. 



Long. 24, diam. 10 mil. A very solid form, presenting some 

 of the characters of M. Brot's pi. 27, fig. 10 \_M. cochlea:], but 

 with much shorter spine. This may be Reeve's fig. 178, "■ M. 

 elegans,'' Benson, MS., from Afghanistan, in which, however, the 

 i-ibs on the last whorl are less developed. 



10 Suiulerbunds ; ex c. Dr. F. Stollczka [22, 10]. 



Closely resembling the pi-eceding ; 1 should like to see the 

 locality confirmed, as 1 have never found anything like it my- 

 self in these parts. 



12 Cilcutta; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. [22.|, 8|]. 



