28 AURICtJLIDiE. 



Melampus Boholensis, iT.ane?^. Adams, Gen.rec. Moll. ii. p. 243. 



Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 32 ; Man. Auric, p. 38. 

 Auricula Kiisteri, var., Kiist. Auric, p. 35. t. 4. f. 12, 13 ? 

 Hab. Isle of Bohol, Philippines. 



36. Melampus fasciatus. B.M. 



Shell subperforate, ovate, somewhat fusiform, rather solid, 

 almost smooth, shining, white, with five to six fulvous bands, 

 sometimes uniformly pale ; spire short, convexly conoidal, apex 

 acutely mucronate ; suture linear ; whorls nine, the upper ones 

 rather flat, the last forming about two-thirds of the total length, 

 attenuated at base ; aperture perpendicular, narrow, effused, but 

 not dilated at its base, modified by three parietal and one colu- 

 mellar plait, which are nearly equidistant, dentiform ; peristome 

 acute ; right margin thickened within by a white callus, bearing 

 four to five short transverse ridges ; columellar margin dilated, 

 slightly reflexed. Length 13, greatest breadth 8 mill. 

 Auricula fasciata, Deshayes in Enc. Meth. ii. p. 90. n. 8. 



Lam. Hist. viii. p. 337. n. 25. 



Kiist. Auric, t. A. f. 2, 3. 



Mouss. Jar. Moll. p. 46. t. 5. f. 7. 

 Auricula monile, Quoy and Gaim. Astrol. ii. p. 166. pi. 13. f.28-33. 



Pot. et Mich. Gal, Douai, i. p. 202. 



Peeve, Conch. Syst. ii. pi. 187. f. 8. 

 Melampus fasciatus, Beck, Ind. p. 107. n. 6. 



H and A. Adams in Proc. Zool, Soc. 1854, p. 11. n. 21. 



Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 33 ; Mon, Auric, p. 38. 

 Conovulus fasciatus, Griff. Anim. Kingd, p. 27. f. 13. 



Anton, Verz. p. 48. n. 1774. 



Gxierin, Iconogr. p. 17. t. 7. f. 8. 

 Cassidula ? monilis, M.E. Gray, Fig. Moll. Anim. pi. 306. f. 10,11. 

 Auricula tseniola, Hombr. fy Jacq. Voy. Pole Sua, Zool. v. p. 37. 



pi. 9. f. 16-19. 

 Auricula soricina, Hombr. and Jacq. ib. p. 38 (Aur. sauricina), 



pi. 9. f. 23-26. 

 Tralia (Pira) fasciata, H. and A. Adams, Gen. rec. Moll. ii. p. 244. 



ft. Larger, with the spire elongated ; parietal teeth sometimes 

 obsolete. Length 17, breadth 9 mill. 



Lister, Hist, t. 834. f. 61. 



Voluta flammea 8, Gmel, Syst. p. 3435. 



Conovulus zonatus, Miihlf. MSS. 



Anton in Z. f. M. 1847, p. 171. 

 Auricula fasciata, S. Listeri, Beck, Lnd. p. 107. 

 Auricula fasciata, Kiist. Auric, p. 33. t. 5. f. 9-11. 



Hab. New Hibernia and New Guinea; Philippine Islands ; Java. 



