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CONCHOLOGIA INDICA. 



PLATE LXXIV. 

 MELANIA. 



1, 2, S, 4. M. tuberctdata, Muller, Hist. Verm. pt. 2,. 

 p. 191 (as Nerita t.) and in Chemn. Conch. Cab. 

 vol. 9, f. 1261, 1262.— Philippi, Ab. N. Concli. vol. 1, 

 Mel. pi. 1, f. 19. — Bulimus t. Brugiiiere, Enc. Meth. 

 Vers, vol. 1, p. 330. — Strombus vibex, Gmel. Syst. 

 Nat. p. 3522.— Dillwyn, Desc. Cat. Sh. vol. 2, p. 950. 

 — Melanoides fasciolata, Olivier, Voy. pi. 31, f. 7. 

 Abundantly diffused : the finest from Southern 

 India. 



5, 6. M. Tirouri, var. ? Ferussac in Quoy and Gaim. 



Voy. Astrol. Zool. vol. 3, p. 159, pi. 56, f. 38, 39. 

 Puniar (or Pannaar) River, Cuddalore, S. India. 



The only adult example known to us is the one here 

 figured. It may possibly prove distinct from the species 

 to which we doubtfully refer it, but we dare not de- 

 lineate it as new. Perhaps it may be the Helix turrita 

 of Chemnitz (Conch. Cab. vol. 9, pt. 2, p. 6, for H. 

 turrita crenulata, p. 165, f. 1230), but it is devoid of 

 the infrasutural crense. 



7, 10. M. rudis, Lea, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 18G. 

 — Reeve, Couch. Icon. Mel. f. 172. 



Ceylon. 

 A very close approach to the spineless form of Broti. 

 The M. microstoma of Lea, ascribed to Ceylon byBrot 

 (not by Lea), and considered identical by some writers, 

 does not agree with the specimen here delineated. 



8, 9. M. Batana, Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. H. 

 vol. 1, p. 144: Otia Conch, p. 191. 



Tenasserim. 



cellany (from Borneo), which, formerly confused with 

 it, has been been termed Brookei by Reeve (C. Icon 

 Mel. f. 207). 



6. M. variabilis, var. spinosa. — M. spinosa, Benson, 

 in Hanley's Conch. Miscel. Mel. pi. 1, f 7 (small 

 form). — M. variabilis, var. B. Benson, Journ. Asi. 

 Soc. Beng. vol. 5, p. 746. 



River Jumna ; Sylhet, &c. 

 The spire in perfect examples of this rare form is 



wont to be quite smooth : the character, however, is 



not invariable. 



1, 4. 



PLATE LXXVL 

 PALUDINA. 

 P. Naticoides, Theobald, Journ. Asi. Soc. 



PLATE LXXV. _vu 



MELANIA. ♦ 



1,4. M. baccata, Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, 

 vol. 2, p. 219; Otia Conch, p. 200. 

 Thoungyin River, Birmah. 



2. M. baccata, Gould, var. fusiformis. 



Shan States. 



3. M. baccata, Gould, var. pyramidalis. — M. vari- 

 abilis, var. pyi-amidalis, Theobald, Journ. Asi. Soc. , 

 Beng. vol. 34, pt. 2 (1865), pi. 19, f. 7. >T ^' ^ 



Shan States. 



5, 7. M. episcopalis, Lea, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, 

 p. 184, in part.— Reeve, Conch. Icon. Mel. f. 12. 



Diyung River, North Cachar. 

 This is not the episcopalis of the Conchological Mis- 



Beng. vol. 34, 1865, pt. 2, pi. 9, f. 1, 2, 3. 

 Shan States. 



2, 3. P. crassa, Hutton Mss. in Benson Journ. Asi. 

 Soc. Beng. vol. 5, 1836, p. 745. — Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon. Palud. f. 33. — P. obtusa, Troschel, Wiegm. 

 Arch. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 173.— Philippi, N. Conch, 

 vol. 1, p. 116, Pal. pi. 1, f. 14. — Reeve, Conch. Icon. 

 Palud. f. 33. 

 Bengal. 

 Varies much in elevation of spire. 

 '5. P. oxytropis, Benson, Jour. Asi. Soc. Beng. vol. 5 

 (1836), p. 745. — Reeve, Conch. Icon. Palud. f. 9. — 

 P. pyramidata, Philippi, Ab. N. Conch, vol. 1, Pal. 

 pi. 1, f 3,4.— Kust. ed. Chemn. Palud. pi. 6, f. 1, 2. 



Bengal (teste Reeve and Philippi). 

 Still very rare : figured from the original type. 



^ ^6. P. lecjrthis, Benson, Journ. Asi. Soc. Beng. vol. 5 

 (1836), p. 745. 



Upper Birmah. 

 We have figured the almost unique type. 



7. P. leeythis, var. ampulliformis, Benson. — P. am- 

 pulliformis, Eydoux and Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, 

 Zool. p. 549, pi. 31, f. 25, 26, 27. 



Upper Birmah. 

 Only differs from the type by the absence of the 

 infrasutural angle. 



10. P. Bengalensis, Lamarck, Anim. s. Vert, 

 (ed. Desh.) vol. 8, p. 513. — Deles. Rec. Coq. Lam. 

 pi. 31, f. 2. — Reeve, Conch. Icon. Palud. f. 5. — Kust. 

 ed. Chemn. Palud. f. 15, 16. — P. elongata, Swains. 

 Zool. lU. ser. 1, pi. 98, top. — P. hneata, Valenc. in 

 Humb. & Bonpl. Voy. Zool. vol. 2, p. 255. 

 Ganges, &c. 



