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green, the extreme young only showing two basal brown bands ; 

 distinctly angulate at the periphery, basal sulcations rather 

 more distinct than usual ; nearly smooth, but subobsolete sculp- 

 ture can be traced here and there ; outer lip above strongly 

 deflected, at base acuminately pointed, much as in M. reevei; 

 both this and subvar. fasciata from Bhootan are probably 

 transition forms to M. reevei, Brot. 



Long. 44, diam. 18 mil. 



subvar. fasciata. 



4 Bhootan ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



This may prove an altogether distinct variety. Decollate, 

 of four whorls only, long. 33, diam. 17 mil. Quite adult, with 

 a somewhat indistinct brown band in the middle of the whorls, 

 two at base ; substance rather thin, outer lip not acutely 

 angled at base, although angled at the periphery ; no tendency to 

 possess a raised keel there, as is often the case. 



subspecies episcopalis. 



Melania episcopalis, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Malacca; Hartley, Conch. Misc., 

 pi. Ill, fig. 27 ["typical specimen"]-, Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, pi. 12, 

 Jig. 1, as " M. episcopalis " and I. c. Jiff. 4 [also 4A. and B.], as " M. 

 broolcei," and 1. c. pi. 13, fig.lb, as " M. sumatrensis, var. ; subvar. = 

 Hanley, Con. Indica, pi. 75, fig. 6, as " M. variabilis, var. spinosa 

 [not M. spinosa, Hanley, as of Benson, Conch. Misc."] ; Reeve, fig. 207, 

 as " M. brookei" and fig. 208, as " M. sparsinodosa,Busch" [both 

 from Borneo] ; = M. pontificalis, Busch, Zeits. Mai. 1853, Borneo. 



This widely spread and variable form is not the Mel. episco- 

 palis of the Con. Indica, which I have named var. binodulifera. 

 Why M. Brot would not accept Hanley 's typical figure in his 

 Conch. Misc. of M. episcopalis, which nevertheless agrees fairly 

 not only with the original description, but also with Brot's Ma- 

 lacca specimen [pi. 12, fig. 1] and my Perak specimens from the 

 same district, I am quite unable to understand ; possibly, the subse- 

 quent series of errors in the Con. Indica induced the Professor 

 not to do so. These errors are that Hanley figures the epis- 

 copalis of Lea for his own Mel. spinosa, and the true spinosa 

 as " M. menkiana. Lea" [and subvar. as M. hanleyi, G.-A.]. 



8 Qualla Kangsa, Perak ; coll. Surgeon-Major E. Townsend. 



