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14. Melania canalis. 



Melania canalis, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Gwmaras. 



vw. lanceolata, nov. 



Srot, Conch.- Cab. If,* 1878, pi. 19, fig. lla, as " M* canalis, war." 

 7 Cebu j coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



No signs of any longitudinal ribbing even on the upper 

 whorls, except on one specimen, so conspicuous a feature in 

 Reeve's fig. 63. 



var. [? distinct species], 



4 Cebu ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 



Possibly the young of the preceding ; if not, of some closely 

 allied species. There is no trace of the broad band at the base 

 of the aperture so characteristic of M. canalis. 



Sub-Genus STRIATELLA, Brot. 



Amer. Jonrn. Conch. VI, 1871; fide Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, type 

 M. corporosa, Gould, and M. tuberculata, Miiller. 



15. Melania (Striatella) montrouzieri. 



Melania montrouzieri, Qassies, Act. Soc. Lin. Bord., 1861, pi. V, Jiff. 10, 

 N. Caledonia ; fide Brot, var. M. mariei, Gassies, also perhaps = 

 M. crepidinata, Bo. [Java~], and M. gractlina, Gld. [Tahiti]. 



It seems to me the New Caledonian form is scarcely separable 

 from the Tahitian M. gracilina. 



var. mageni. 



Melania mageni, Gassies, 1. c.,pl. VI, Jig. 10, N. Caledonia. 



5 New Caledonia j coll. J. Caldwell, Esq. 



1 New Caledonia j ex c. P. Bouvier, Esq. [as <c M. sp. P "J, 



Anfr. 3 ; long. 15, diam. 7J mil. 



