22 AtnaictJLiD^:. 



Melampus fuscus, H. and A. Adams in Proc. Z. S. 1854, p. 9. n.3. 

 Melampus eastaneus, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 19 ; 3Ion. Auric, p. 30. 

 H. and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. ii. p. 243. 



Hah. Sandwich Islands. 



23. Melampus Ceylonicus. 



Shell ovate, obtusely angulated above, smooth, fuscous- 

 greenish ; girdled with narrow white or greyish bands ; whorls 

 eight to nine, rather flat; spire conical, somewhat depressed, with 

 the apex blackish ; aperture three-plaited ; upper plait white, 

 rather thick, lamelliform, the second small, the third circular ; 

 labrum acute, elongately and deeply furrowed within, with the 

 border brown, smooth. Length 15. breadth 10 mill. (Petit.) 



Auricula Ceylonica, Petit in Proc. Z. S. 1842, p. 202. 

 Melampus Ceylonicus, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 20 ; Mon. Auric, p. 31. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



24. Melampus Philippii. 



Shell subrimate, ovate, rather solid, almost smooth, grooved 

 irregularly with striae of growth, slightly shining, greenish- 

 fuscous, with three white bands; spire short, conoidal, finely 

 mucronate ; suture slightly impressed ; whorls nine, flat, the 

 upper ones spirally striated, the last forming three-fourths of the 

 total length, obtusely angulated above, attenuated and rounded 

 at base ; aperture scarcely oblique, oblong, somewhat dilated in 

 front ; parietal plaits two, compressed, entering, the upper one 

 deeply placed, the other parallel with it ; columellar plait ob- 

 lique, produced to the margin, forming an angle with the base 

 of the aperture ; peristome simple, obtuse ; right margin bordered 

 with fuscous, bearing within on a callous ground seven white 

 plaits, which are dentiform anteriorly; columellar margin 

 shining, brownish orange-coloured, vaultedly reflexed, sub- 

 appressed. Length 15, greatest breadth 9 mill. 



Auricula Philippii, Kiist. Auric, p. 50. t. 7. f. 23-25. 

 Melampus Philippii, H. and A. Adams in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, 

 p. 10. n. 9 ; Gen. rec. Moll. ii. p. 243. 



Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 21 ; Mon. Auric, p. 31. 



Hah. Otaheite. 



25. Melampus Tabogensis. 



Shell oblong-ovate, solid, smooth, grooved irregularly with 

 striae of growth, slightly shining, uniformly blackish chestnut- 

 coloured ; spire short, convexly conoidal, slightly mucronate ; 

 suture linear, somewhat irregular ; whorls nine to ten, rather flat, 



