MELANIID^Bl. 2 15 



Genus HEMISINUS, Swainson. 

 Treat. Malac. 1840, p. 341, type H. lineolatus, Gray. 



1. Hemisinus lineolatus. 



Strombus lineolatus, Gray, Wood's Ind. Test. Sup. 1828, Hob. ? 

 2 Cuba ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb. 



M. Brot records as localities Jamaica, Venezuela, and Per- 

 nambuco, but not Cuba. The aboye resemble his pi. 38, fig, 6 d. 



var. punctata. 



Hemisinus punctatus, Eeeve, Icon. 1860, Pernambuco. 



2 Brazil ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb. 

 Like M. Brot's fig. 6 b, only smaller. 



2. Hemisinus ornatus. 



Melania ornatus, Poey, Mem. Cuba, 1852. 

 9 Cuba j ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb, &c. 



3. Hemisinus brasiliensis. 



Melanopsis brasiliensis, Moricand, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneva, VIII, 1839, 

 Villa de Barra ; fide Brot, var.=Mel. scalaris, Wagner. 



2 Brazil; coll. A. Morelet, Esq. 



var. elata, nov. 



Conch.- Cab., II, pi. 40, fig. 12 A. as "var. B. elate turrita" 

 1 Brazil ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



4. Hemisinus guayaquilensis. 



Melania guayaquilensis, Petit, Journ. de Conch., 1853, Guayaquil. 



1 Guayaquil; ex c. A. Morelet, Esq. 



5. Hemisinus behni. 



Hemisinus behuii, Reeve, Icon. 1860, Pernamluco. 



var. 



2 Brazil ; ex c. A. Morelet, Esq. 



1 Brazil ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcoiiib. 



