300 MELANIID^. 



P. violacea is a true Tanalia. The latter is not in Mr. H. F. 

 Blanford's collection, and is apparently unknown to Messrs. 

 Brot and Hanley. 



2 Ceylon [with opercula] ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



2 " Kandapanne Ella, 4 Corles," Ceylon ; coll. F. Layard, Esq. 



Sent to me as Paludomus, n. sp. 



2 Hack^alle, Ceylon [with opercula] ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. [labelled 

 " T. violacea"]. 



35. Paludomus [Philopotamis] erronea, nov. 



Con. Indica, pi. 108, jig. 7, as P. parva {not of Layard'] ; ? P. phasia- 

 ninus, Layard, Ann. Mag. 1855, Ceylon [not of Keevel. 



6 Hackgalle, Ceylon [at 5,500 ft.] ; ex c. As. Soc. Bengal [coll. E. L. 



Layard, Esq.]. 

 20 Ceylou ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 



This is most certainly not the P. parva, of Layard long. 6 

 diam. 4 lines from Bombay " with fine, spiral, brown lines," 

 which is most likely a var. of P. obesa, Philippi. 



The only ally, I know, of Paludomus erronea is P. nigricans, 

 of which Mr. H. F. Blanford considers it a smooth variety ; the 

 above-quoted figure, however, shows the differences at a glance. 

 The operculum is that of Philopotamis. Long. 10J, diam. 6J 

 mil. 



Apparently it is not figured by M. Brot ; the nearest seems 

 to be his pi. 6, fig. 14, " P. chilinoides, var. phasianinus." 



36. Paludomus [Philopotamis] subdentata. 



Paludomus subdentata, H. Nevill, MS. 



Resembles Brot's pi. II, fig. 2 [P. nigricans]. 



Almost smooth, prettily longitudinally striped, " flames " only 

 slightly flexuous ; columella very broadly excavated, alabaster 

 white, subdentate at base ; spire truncate, two whorls only re- 

 maining, the last one convexly swollen ; flames are discernible 

 within the aperture. 



Long. 13|, diam. 9| mil. 

 2 Coylon [type] ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 



