MELANIIOffi. 235 



Dr. Hungerford sent these specimens mixed with the pre- 

 ceding. I think, however, they must be distinguished, as they 

 are of a uniform sombre coloration, without any sculpture 

 whatever ; they are of all stages of growth, but still are in all 

 cases decollated and eroded ; M. Brot's pi. 24, fig. 3A. [" M. 

 Jcanaiensis'^y^g. 7 [" M. corporosa"~\, and fig. 15 \_M. lutosa"~\, 

 well represent the form. Long. 37, diam. 15 mil. ; anfr. 3.' 



25. Melania [Striatella] graeffei.' 



Melnnia graeffei [Mousson'], Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, 1877, Fiji, and of Cat. 

 Mus. Godeffroy ; = M. lutosa, Gld., var., Motisson, J. de C., 1869. 



1 Ovalau ; ex c. F. Layard, Esq. [labelled "M. costata"]. 



26. Melania [Striatella] newcombi. 



Melania newcombi, Lea, P. Acad. PMlad., 1856, Oahu ; = M. oafiuensis, 

 Brot [as of Pease] ; var. = M, contigua, Pease, Am. J. Con. 1870, 

 Kanai, long. 28, diam. 9 mil. 



6 Sandwich Islands; coll. H. Pease, Esq., and Prof. W. Newcorab. 



27. Melania [Striatella] unifasciata. 



Melania uuifasciata, Mousson, Moll. Java, 1849. 

 20 Java ; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen. 



Very variable, as regards sculpture ; some have distinct 

 longitudinal sculpture near the apex, which in others is almost 

 or altogether obsolete ; there are 1 to 3 spiral, incised striae on 

 the lower portion of each of the last few whorls. The basal 

 band is less distinctly marked than in Mousson's figure, indeed, 

 generally not visible at all within the aperture. A single 

 specimen is of a uniform dark-violet colour ; several are slightly 

 maculated with brown ; these resemble very closely M. tigrina, 

 Button. 



var. [? dist. sp.]. 



2 Badulla, Ceylon ; coll. P. Layard, Esq. 



Anfr. 6 ; long. 13J, diam. 4 mil. Sent to me as " Melania 

 n. sp. ?" ; almost smooth, traces of sculpture only being here 

 and there discernible ; basal band round the columella very 

 broad and distinct, otherwise of a purplish-brown uniform 

 coloration. 



