280 MELANinXE. 



Long. 32|, <iiam. 15| mil. 



Prof. Brot has omitted to record the Philippine " habitat " 

 of this species^ though it is duly mentioned in Reeve. The 

 latter's fig. 157A well represents the form. 



88. Melania [Tiara] setosa. 



Melania setosa, Swainson, Quart. Journ. Sci. 1824; apud Brot, from 

 Waigiou, N. Guinea, Sumatra [Point Paltnas'], Philippines [Samar\ 

 and vars.from Amboyna, Bali and Celebes. 



2 Locality P ; ex c., G. Nevill, Esq. 



89. Melania [Tiara] villosa, 



Melania villosa, Philippi, Zeits. Mai. 1848, Loc. ? ;~M. speciosa, A. 

 Adams, P. Z. S. 1853, N. Caledonia. 



5 New Caledonia ; ex c. P. Bouvier and J. Cnldwell, Esqrs. 



Sub-Genus PLOTIA, Bolten. 



H. and A. Adams, Gen. Moll. I, 1855, as sub-genus of Tiara ; type restr. 

 Brot, Mel. spinulosa. 



90. Melania [Plotia] oualanensis. 



Melania oualanensis (Pease), Tryon, J. Amer. Conch. II, 1866, Ovalan 

 [Caroline Isl."], not M. ovalanensis, Mousson. 



4 Ovalap [typical] ; coll. H. Pease, Esq. 



91. Melania [Plotia ?] jugicostis. 



Melania jugicostis [Benson], Hanley, Con. Indica, 1877, pi. 28, fig. 12, 

 Tenasserim River [sine descr.] ; Nevill, J. A. S. B., 1877, as of sect, 

 Melanoides [cum descr.^. 



2 Myadoung [Frontier of Yunan] ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 



3 Qualla Kaugsa [Perak] ; coll. Ed. Towuseud, Esq. 



92. Melania [Plotia ?] lamberti 

 Melania Lninberti, Crosse, J. de C., 1869, N. Caledonia. 



2 N. Caledonia ; ex c. P. Bouvier, Esq. 



