THE 



JOURNAL OF MALACOLOGY. 



^^f^- 3- September 29TH, 1904. Voi:. XI. 



ON SOME NEW SPECIES OF MELANIA AND JULLIENIA 

 FROM YUNNAN AND JAVA. 



By HUGH FULTOxW 



(Plate iv.) 



Melania aerag-inosa, n. sp. 



PI. iv, fig. I. 



Shell solid, dark rust\- brown, smooth, surface somewhat shining, sculptured 

 with a few distant (jblique and rather obtuse folds, prominently channelled 

 at the suture, the margin of which, especially on the last whorl, is rather 

 prominent; apex eroded, 5^ whorls remaining, almost flat, aperture sub 

 ovate, bluish-grey within : peristome thin, sinuous above. 



Maj. diam. 13.-, ; alt. 33 millini. 



Hah. — Soekaboemi, Java. 



Strongly characterised by its canaliculate suture. 



Melania duleis, n. sp. 



PI. iv, fig. 2. 



Shell rather thin, dark brown, elegantly ornamented by spiral rows of small 

 granules, six on the last whorl, with two other less granular striae below. 

 Apex slightly eroded, 7 ^ whorls remaining, slightly convex ; aperture broadly 

 ovate, light bluish-grey within, the interstices between the external granules 

 showing through as darker-coloured squarish spots ; peristome very thin. 



Maj. diam. 13 ; alt. 44 millim. 



Hah. — Yunnan-fu Lake, Yunnan. 



xV distinct and very elegant species. 



Melania foptitudinis, n. sp. 



PI. iv, fig. 3. 



Very solid, yellowish-olive colour, spirally striated, seven or eight spiral costae 

 on the last whorl, crossed by oblique folds which are prominently noduled 



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