MELANIIDJ!. 



Show no trace of longitudinal ribbing. Long. 10, diam. 

 Si mil. 



subvar. bicolorata. 



12 W. of Shiraz ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [17$, 8]. 



subvar. acuticarinata. 

 2 Persia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [13|, 7$]. 



M. Bourguignat's pi. XV, fig. 25, Malac, Alger, gives a fair 

 idea of this interesting form, which, however, is smaller, not 

 decollate, of paler colour, obsoletely banded, with the keel even 

 more developed. 



subvar. decollata. 



PUlippi, 1. c.,fig. 7 ; ? M.fasciolata, Parreyss. 

 20 Persia ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [19, 9]. 



A very distinct, thin,. eroded, slightly decollate variety, whorls 

 usually less convex than in the quoted figure; under the lens 

 minutely, flexuously striate ; two or three show distinct, longi- 

 tudinal, distant ribbing as well, much as in Rossm., fig. 1883 

 [If. tingitana, Mori.]. It is perhaps as closely allied to Issell's 

 M. dorioBy seems, indeed, to be a connecting link. 



var. dorise. 



Melanopsis Dorise, Issel, Moll. Persia, 1865, long. 24, diam .8 mil. Kerman. 

 30 Kerman [S. Persia] ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



From the same spot as Prof. Issel's type, with which they 

 agree exactly. 



subvar. carinifera. 

 10 Kerman ; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



A very interesting form, with a raised keel running along 

 the suture. 



