﻿Genus 
  Melapium, 
  H. 
  and 
  A. 
  Adams. 
  269 
  

  

  forward, 
  as 
  in 
  most 
  instances 
  he 
  quoted 
  Lamarck's 
  descrip- 
  

   tions 
  intact. 
  

  

  However, 
  the 
  shell 
  figured 
  by 
  him 
  certainly 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  

   type 
  of 
  the 
  species, 
  the 
  size 
  (2 
  inches) 
  at 
  once 
  settling 
  that 
  

   point. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  seen 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  true 
  M. 
  lineatum^ 
  and 
  none 
  

   have 
  exceeded 
  the 
  dimensions 
  given 
  by 
  Lamarck. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  differences 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Sowerby 
  *, 
  I 
  would 
  

   point 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  brown 
  lines 
  in 
  M. 
  elata, 
  besides 
  being 
  

   (i 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  distant," 
  are 
  not 
  continued 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   suture 
  nor 
  so 
  near 
  to 
  the 
  basal 
  extremity 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  lineata, 
  

   the 
  latter 
  also 
  (as 
  in 
  Krauss's 
  specimen) 
  usually 
  exhibiting 
  

   some 
  dark 
  spots 
  around 
  the 
  body-whorl 
  a 
  little 
  above 
  the 
  

   middle. 
  

  

  The 
  synonymy 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  species 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Melapium 
  I 
  in 
  ea 
  turn 
  (Lamarck). 
  

  

  1822. 
  Pyrula 
  lineata, 
  Lamarck, 
  Anim. 
  s. 
  Vert. 
  vol. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  147 
  ; 
  (Des- 
  

   hayes), 
  ed. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  ix. 
  p. 
  520 
  (1843). 
  

  

  1828. 
  Buceinum 
  bulbus, 
  Wood, 
  Index 
  Test., 
  Suppl. 
  p. 
  12, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  fig. 
  8. 
  

   1848. 
  Pyrula 
  lineata, 
  Krauss, 
  Sudafr. 
  Moll. 
  p. 
  111. 
  

  

  1858. 
  Melapium 
  lineatum, 
  H. 
  & 
  A. 
  Ad. 
  Genera 
  Moll. 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  pi. 
  xiv. 
  

   fig. 
  7. 
  

  

  1886. 
  Melapium 
  bulbus, 
  Sowerby, 
  Journ. 
  Conch, 
  vol. 
  v. 
  p. 
  6. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Cape 
  of 
  Good 
  Hope 
  [Krauss 
  & 
  Brit. 
  Mus.) 
  ; 
  Port 
  

   Elizabeth 
  (Sowerby). 
  

  

  Melapium 
  elatum 
  (Schubert 
  and 
  Wagner). 
  

  

  1829. 
  Pyrula 
  elata, 
  Schnb. 
  & 
  Wagn. 
  Concbyl. 
  Cab. 
  vol. 
  xii. 
  pp. 
  92 
  and 
  

   94, 
  pi. 
  cexxvi. 
  figs. 
  4012-4013. 
  

  

  1840. 
  Pyrula 
  lineata, 
  Kiener 
  (non 
  Lamarck), 
  Spec. 
  Coq. 
  Viv. 
  p. 
  24, 
  

  

  pi. 
  xv. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

   1847. 
  Pyrula 
  lineata, 
  Reeve 
  (non 
  Lamk.), 
  Concb. 
  Icon. 
  vol. 
  iv. 
  pi. 
  viii. 
  

  

  fig. 
  28. 
  

  

  1859. 
  Melapium 
  lineatum, 
  Chenu, 
  Man. 
  Concb. 
  p. 
  173, 
  fig. 
  855. 
  

  

  1878. 
  Rapana 
  lineata, 
  Kobelt, 
  lllustr. 
  Conchy 
  lien 
  buch, 
  p. 
  52, 
  pi. 
  xv. 
  

  

  fig. 
  2. 
  

   1880. 
  Melapium 
  lineatum, 
  Tryon, 
  Conch. 
  Man. 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  213, 
  pi. 
  lxvii. 
  

  

  fig. 
  395. 
  

   1883. 
  Melapium 
  lineatum, 
  Tryon, 
  Syst. 
  Conch, 
  vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  400, 
  pi. 
  xlv. 
  

  

  fig. 
  50. 
  

  

  Bab. 
  Indian 
  Seas 
  (Kiener). 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  probable 
  locality 
  must 
  be 
  accepted 
  with 
  reserve 
  

   until 
  it 
  receives 
  confirmation. 
  

  

  * 
  Journ. 
  of 
  Conch, 
  vol. 
  v. 
  p. 
  6. 
  

   Ann. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  N. 
  Hist. 
  Ser. 
  6. 
  Vol. 
  iii. 
  19 
  

  

  