296 MELANITD^J. 



21. Paludomus, sp. 



Con. Indica.pl. 108, fig. 3, as Pal. Icevis [not of Layard\. 



2 Ceylon ; ex c. G. Nevill, Esq. 



Quite distinct from P. chilinoides, may prove to be a var. 

 of the preceding species, or even possibly of P. tanjoriensis. 

 There can be no doubt as to the error of identification in the 

 Con. Indica ; the last whorl is more or less ornamented with 

 flames, and the sculpture is distinct and peculiar ; all of these 

 characters the above recorded two specimens possess ; finally, it 

 is not in the least like P. chilinoides. Layard distinctly states his 

 P. Icevis is smooth and without ornamentation on the last whorl ; 

 he further considers it doubtfully distinctly from P. chilinoides ; 

 in all of these respects the shell sent to me by my brother as 

 P. Icevis, Lay., agrees perfectly ; this latter form is figured 

 neither by H. F. Blanford, nor in the Con. Indica. 



22. Paludomus ajanensis. 



Paludomus ajanensis, Morelet, Ser. Conch. II, I860, Hafoun near Cape 

 Guardafui, long. 11, diam. Q\ mil.; P. bacula, Brot [not of Reeve]. 



15 Mahe I., Seychelles ; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. 

 4 Loc. ? ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 



The measurements agree exactly with those of M. Morelet ; 

 the spire is rather more acuminate, and the whorls less convex, 

 than in original figure. 



var. silhouettensis, nov. 

 Paludomus, n. sp. ?, Nevill, P. Zool. S. 1869, Silhouette. 



Under the lens, beautifully and regularly, very closely, spirally 

 striate, striae not so coarse as in the preceding, nor so flexuous, 

 but closer together ; spire shorter, decollate, in the adult speci- 

 men of two whorls only, in the one not quite adult of three ; 

 texture less solid, epidermis of a brighter green ; whorls more 

 convex, the last one more globosely tumid ; aperture larger in 

 proportion and more everted. Adult type of variety long. 9, 

 diam. 6 J mil. ; operculum resembles that of typical specimens. 



2 Silhouette I., Seychelles [type var.] ; coll. G. Nevill, Esq. 



23. Paludomus striatula. 



Paludomus striatula, H. Nevill, MS. ' 



2 Ceylon [type] j coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [sent as " P. striata, nov.]. 



