270 MELANinXE. 



64. Melania [Pachychilus], n. sp. 

 3 Pegu ; ex c. Dr. P. Stoliczka. 



65. Melania [Pachychilus] hungerfordiana, n. sp. 



Long. 39 J, diam. 16 mil. 



Closely resembles M. Brot's Mel. citrina, pi. 13, fig. 5, also 

 Philippi's M. largillierti. Slightly truncate, seven whorls 

 remaining, which in one specimen are distinctly more convex than 

 in the other ; thick and solid, of a yellowish brown colour, girt 

 with a single well-marked band in the middle of the upper 

 whorls ; three bands on the last whorl ; the basal margin sub- 

 acutely angled, not rounded as in tie above- quoted figure ; 

 no spiral sulcation at base of last whorl. 



2 Upper Burma [type] ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 

 5 Pegu [spec, juv.] ; ex c. Asiatic Soc., Bengal. 



Sub-Genus AOROSTOMA, Brot. 

 Conch.'Cal. II, 1874, type Mel. Mgeli, PMlippi. 



66. Melania [Acrostoma] hiigeli. 



Melania hiigeli, Philippi, All. 1, 1845, Nova Ifollandia ? ;=M. siphonata, 

 Rv., Hob. ? 



3 Upper Cauvery River j coll. H . P. Blanford, Esq. 



These agree well with figures in Phillippi, Reeve, and Con. 

 Indica. 



var. compacta, aov. 



Long. 25J, diam. 13| mil. 



Easily distinguished by its short, stout form, relatively con- 

 tracted aperture, less tumidly swollen, but more subangulate 

 last whorl, and closer spiral sculpture ; the spire is more trun- 

 cate ; the coloration darker. 



1 Wynaad [type var.] j coll. Colonel R. H. Beddome. 



2 Cochin Hills ; coll. Colonel R. H. Beddome. 



4 Cauvery liiver j coll. Surgeon-Major Jerdon [A. S. B.]. 



