MELANlIDiE. 303 



var. picta. 

 Paludomus pictus, Reeve, Icon, 1837, Ceylon, Ratnapoora. 



4 Ceylon; ex c. Asiat. Soc, Bengal [coll. E. L. Layard/Esq.]. 

 4 Yatteantotte, Ceyloa ; coll. H. F. Blauford, Esq. 



subvar. distinguenda. 



Paludomus distinguendus, Dohrn, P. Zool. Soc. 1857, Ceylon. 



8 Kitoolgalle, &c„ Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blauford and H. Nevill, Esqrs. 



These last resemble M. Brot's pi. 4, fig. 4, " P, distinguenda, 

 Dolirn," not the F. distinguenda of Con, Indica. 



subvar. [?] 

 1 Ceylon ; ex c. G. Nevill, Esq. 



subvar. torrenticola. 



Paludomus torrenticola, Bohrn, P, Zool, S. 1S5S, Ceylon. 



3 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [as " P. distinguendus, rare"]. 



Agree only fairly with Messrs. Brot's and Hanley's figures, — 

 a rather smaller form. 



39. Paludomus [Tan alia] neritoides. 



Paludomus neritoides, Tteeve, Icon, 1847, Ambegamoa, Ceylon. 



12 Pusilawe, Ballepane, &c., Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford and H. Nevill, 

 Esqrs. 



4 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [as « T. picta "]. 



subvar. dilatata [?] 



Paludomus dilatatus. Reeve, P. Zool. S, 1852, Ceylon, 



1 Ceylon; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



var. gardneri. 



Paludomus gardneri. Reeve, Icon. 1847, " Foot of Adam's Peak." 



2 Ceylon ; ex c. G. Nevill, Esq. 



