228 MELANIUXE. 



fig. 4a [M. cerea], gives a good idea of the shape of the form, 

 only the columella is not sufficiently bent back. Reeve's original 

 figure, however, seems to me scarcely the same species. Reeve's 

 fig. 58 [M. acutissima] also closely resembles it. 



10. Melania subula. 



Melanin subula, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Panay ; Reeve, Icon., Jig. 62. 



vr. contracta, MOV. 

 3 Cebu ; coll. It. Hungerford, Esq. 



Anfr. 13-14 ; long. 36J, diam. 9 mil. Differ from the above- 

 quoted figure in the more contracted whorls, the last one 

 especially being less ventricose. Two are of a uniform dark- 

 violet colour throughout ; the third agrees exactly with the 

 original description, and has the paler band next the suture, with 

 short flames, &c. 



11. Melania hastula. 



Melania hastula, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Philippines and Conch.- Cab. II, 

 pi. 16, Jigs. 3 and 3b ; Jide Brot = Helix plicaria, Born = Limax 

 scutulatus, Martyn = M. costata, Auct. [not of Quoy] = M. Jlammu- 

 lata, Busch [not of Reeve'] = M. picta, Rv. [not of Hinds^M. 

 acuta, Rv. [not of Lea] = M. arroensis, Rv. 



M. Brot records as localities Philippines, Fiji, Halma- 

 heira, and Arrow Isl. Herr Brauer, S. B. Ak. Wien, LXXVII, 

 1878, p. 184, states that Bern's type of Mel. maculata is M. 

 flammulata, Busch ; and that Bern's Mel. plicaria is M. costata, 

 Quoy. 



var. sub acutissima, nov. 



3 Katchall; coll. F. A. de Roepstorff, Esq. 



I can find no figure to represent this well-characterized form 

 amongst M. Brot's illustrations of M. hastula ; it is nearest fig. 

 3, but much smaller, with the apical ribbing more distinct. 



Perhaps his pi. 16, fig. 2a [M. acutissima^ best represents it ; 

 indeed, I have felt tempted to refer it to that species, as it 

 resembles remarkably closely the Luzon specimen I have already 

 recorded, only it is a more solid shell, with distinct, though not 

 prominent^ longitudinal ribbing on the apical five whorls, instead 



