284 MELANIIDJ3. 



These are the var. nodose-costata of Mousson. Moll. Java, 

 pi. 11, fig. 11. 



6 Mahe, Seychelles ; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. 



Well represented by M. Brot's pi. 7, fig. 14A. [Ceylon], 

 only rather smaller. 



4 Mauritius ; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. 



Fairly intermediate between var. granum and the form 

 represented by M. Brot's pi. 27, fig. 14. Long. 19, diam. 8} 

 mil. 



var. elegans. 



Melania elegans, Benson, J. A S. S. V., 1836, p. 782, for Melania sp. ? 

 Gleanings of Science, II, 1830, p. 22, Rivers Gumti, Belwa and Cen ; 

 Hanley, Con. Indica, pi. 73, fiys. 57, N. Oude and South India, as 

 Melania scabra, var. elegans, Bs. ; Brot, Conch.- Cab. II, pi. 28, fig. 9, 

 as "Mel. elegans, Bs." 



I consider Mr. Hanley is undoubtedly right in uniting this 

 form to Mel. scabra, the transition from the one to the other 

 being clearly traceable. 



10 Ferozepore [Punjab] ; coll. Captain B. C. Temple. 



Found in a well. This remarkable " habitat " confirms Cap- 

 tain Hutton's record of a similar observation, J. A. S. B., 1834. 

 These specimens are the only ones 1 have seen that agree with 

 M. Brot's above-quoted figures. 



8 " India " ; ex c. Asiatic Soc., Bengal. 

 These are perhap3 typical M. elegans, from Benson. 

 6 Bolan Pass; coll. Captain P. W. Hutton [A. 8. B.]. 



Long. 24, diam. 10 mil. A very solid form, presenting some 

 of the characters of M. Brot's pi. 27, fig. 10 [M. cochlea], but 

 with much shorter spine. This may be Reeve's fig. 178, " M. 

 elegans," Benson, MS., from Afghanistan, in which, however, the 

 ribs on the last whorl are less developed. 



10 Sunderbundsj ex c. Dr. P. Stoliczka [22, 10]. 



Closely resembling the preceding ; I should like to see the 

 locality confirmed, as I have never found anything like it my- 

 self in^these parts. 



12 Calcutta; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. [22 J, 81]. 



