MELANIIDiE. 285 



Well represented by the above-quoted figures in the Con. 

 Indica ; it is doubtless Benson's original " eleyans." 



var. myurus. 



Melania myiu-iis, Brot, liev. Zool. 1860, pi. 16, Jig. 3, Java ; Co7ic7i.-Cah. IT, 

 pi. 28, fiy. 1, Java, Sahnaheira [^Landaiier] and " 1 Borneo [Js.seZ]." 



I consider this form scarcely separable even as a variety. I 

 have seen equally cylindrical forms from India, &c. 



3 Halmaheiraj ex Mr. Landauer [16s, 7^]. 



Intermediate between the two larger figures in the Couch. - 

 Cab., with more of the ordinary " scahra " type. 



2 Halraalieira ; ex Mr. Landauer. 

 Resembling pi. 28, fig. IB., 1. c. 



var. ? 

 1 Java, Philippines or Siam ? ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



Long. 26|, diam. 11 mil. A very striking form, with very 

 tumid and ovately produced last whorl, unlike any figure I can 

 find. 



var. granum. 



Melania granum (v. d. Busch), Philippi, Alb. I, 1844, Java ; fide Brot, 

 distinct Sfi. and = Mel. scabrella, Mousson [_not of mi.'] ; var. bttcci- 

 noidea, Mousson, Moll. Java, pi. 12, fig. 4, Lake Tirir. 



5 Java; ex c. A. Morel et, Esq. 



Four of these are the spineless " var. huccinoides,'" of Mous- 

 son. 



12 Mauritius ; coll. J. Caldwell and G. Nevill, Esqrs. 



Anfr. 3 ; long. 12, diam. 7 mil. An abundant small form, 

 almost exactly resembling Javanese specimens. The sjnral 

 striation is quite as developed. Always strongly decollate. 



