MELANIID.E. 243 



Typical, original specimens of M. tigrina. Remarkable for 

 the canaliculate suture and convexly tumid last whorl ; very 

 solid, strongly truncated, &c. 



15 Mandi ; coll. A. G. Young, Esq. 

 12 Mandi ; ex c. Dr. P. Stoliczka. 



Well represented by the Con. Indica, pi. 110, fig. 2 ; several 

 specimens show a tendency to canaliculation of the suture. 



subvar. [?]. 

 6 Salt Range, Rajputana ; coll. C. A. Hacket, Esq. 



Long. 36 J, diam. 11 J mil. ; anfr. 9. A fine, solid form, with 

 peculiarly impressed suture ; regularly, though somewhat super- 

 ficially, spirally striated, apical whorls only subobsoletely, 

 longitudinally striated ; light green, mottled with brown macula- 

 tions. 



var. [? dist. sp.]. 



?rot. Conch.- Cab. II, pi. 26, Jiff. 4 A [not Jiff. 4], as M. adspersa, 

 Troschel. 



1 Moulmein ; coll. Dr. P. Stoliczka. 



A very remarkable form and brightly coloured, the last 

 whorl shortly subangulate, aperture everted ; spirally striate, 

 without longitudinal sculpture, columella perpendicular, ab- 

 ruptly angled at base ; anfr. 6J ; long. 26^, diam. lOy 1 ^ mil. 



2 Locality ? ; ex c. Dr. P. Stoliczka [32, 11 j. 



Probably from Burma. None of these agree with the Shan 

 States form figured in the Con. Indica, pi. 110, fig. 4. 



var. orissaensis, nov. 



1 Cuttack, Orissa ; coll. J. Caldwell, Esq. 



A remarkable form ; spire short, with ventricose whorls, 

 substance thick, coloration uniform green (or almost so), 

 longitudinal ribbing remarkably developed, even on the last 

 whorl. 



Long. 25, diam. 9 [vix] mil. 



