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DESCEIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF MELANIA FROM YUNNAN, 

 JAVA, AND THE TSUSHIMA ISLANDS. 



By HoGir C. Fulton. 



Read 8th May, 1914:. 



Melanlv ixtrepida, n.sp. 



Shell elongately couic, solid, pale yellowish-brown, with one or 

 two oblique brown streaks on the last whorl ; spire eroded, Ah whorls 

 remaining ; suture rather deep ; first two remaining whorls obliquely 

 ribbed, lower ones with very fine oblique striae crossed by spirals, 

 which are more conspicuous on the earlier whorls and at base of the 



last ; aperture sub-oval, bluish-white within ; peristome thin, expanded 

 at coluraellar margin. Alt. 28, diam. maj. 9 mm. 



Hah. — Java (Friihstorfer). 



This species is of similar form to 31. arctecava, Mouss., but easily 

 distinguished by its pale colour and smooth appearance. 



Melania scrupea, n.sp. 



Shell elongately conic, rather solid, blackish-brown, apex eroded, 

 nearly four whorls remaining; spire ornamented by raised noduled 

 plicae, crossed by weaker spirals, lower half of last whorl with three 



raised spiral cords ; aperture oval, bluish-white within, peristome 

 simple. Alt. 21, diam. maj. 9 mm. 



Hah. — Yunnan-fu. 



Compared with M. lauta, Fulton, this species is smaller, thicker, 

 and easily separated by its strongly cancellated sculpture. 



