MELANIID2E. 



3. Melania punctata. 



Melania punctata, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert. 1822, Hob.? = M. albescens, 

 Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Philippines, and Reeve, Icon., fig. 42. 



2 Guimaras j coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



5 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



Agree well with M. Brot's pi. XX, fig. 4. 

 var. monilis [?] 



? Melania monile, Mousson, J. de C. 1857, Java, and Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, 

 pi. 20, jig. 7, Moluccas. 



6 Philippines [?] j coll. Baron P. von Richthofen. 



var. perdecollata. 



3 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



var. [? spec, juven. of var. monilis]. 

 2 Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen, 



var. [? dist. sp.] 

 I Philippines [?] ; coll. Baron F. von Richtbofen. 



4. Melania clavus. 



Melania clavus, Lamarck, Hist. V, 1822, Hal. ? , fide Brot = M. acuminata, 

 DTcr., Phil. Alb., Habit. ?= M. acus, Lea, P. Zool. 8. 1850, and Reeve, 

 Icon. fig. 92, GLuimaras = M. gaudiosa, Hinds, Ann. Mag. XIV, 1844, 

 New Ireland ; var. = M. cristobalensis. Brot, Mat. II, 1868, S. Cris- 

 tobal. 



A. very variable and widely distributed species ; M. Brot's 

 pi. 21, fig. 17, from an original and typical specimen of Lamarck's 

 collection, may well be a young specimen of var. sobrius, Lea, 

 from the Nicobars. 



var. sobrius. 



Melania sobrius, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850. and Reeve, figs. 32 and 80, Siquijor. 



20 Nancowry and Katchall ; coll, Dr. F. Stoliczka, and F, A. de Roep- 

 storff, Esq. 



