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78. Melania [Tarebia] mauiensis. 



Melania mauiensis, Lea, P. Acad. Pkilad., 1856, Sandwich Islands. 

 12 Sandwich Islands ; coll. H. Pease and W. Newcomb, Esqrs. 



var. subgranifera. 



- 1 " lies Marianes " ; ex c. A. Morelet [as " M, granifera, Lam."]. 

 Bather more distinctly granulose. Long. 23, diam. 8| mil. 



subvar. ? 

 2 Halmaheira ; ex Mr. Landauer [as " M. lirata, Bens."]. 



Can this locality be correct ? I can see no difference what- 

 ever from the preceding specimen. 



79. Melania [Tarebia] batana. 



Melania batana, Gould, P. Bost. S. I, 1843, Tavoy ; Con. Indica, pi. 74, 

 Jiffs. 8-9 ; fide Brot, belongs to Sect. Melanoides ! 



8 Tenasserim River ; ex c. Asiatic Soc., Bengal. 



var. sublineata, nov. 



Morelet, Ser. Conch. IV, 1875, p. 320 [as n. sp. near M. celelensis and M. 

 granifera'}, Cochin-China. 



1 Cochm-Chinaj ex c. P. Bouvier, Esq. [23, 10i], 



An interesting form with the granular sculpture more or less 

 indistinct, its remarkable nodulose appearance being altogether 

 wanting ; this is, however, also in the type form not a perma- 

 nent character, one or two of my specimens, found with the 

 other Tenasserim ones, approaching the Cochin-China variety 

 very closely in this respect. 



10 Penang; ex c. British Museum [as "M. lirata, coll. Cantor"]. 



80. Melania [Tarebia] tahitensis. 



Melania tahitensis (Pease), Brot, Conch.- Cab. II. pi. 33, fig. 7, p. 472, as a 

 " var. of M. mauiensis," p. 323, I. c. 



2 " Navigators' Islands" ; coll. Dr. C. E. Toimerre [A. S. B.]. 



