110 MELONGENA. 



This, and the two following, are located in Melongena with 

 much doubt. 



M. CANCELLARIOIDES, Reeve. PI. 43, fig. 231. 



Whitish, ridges reddish brown. Length, 47 mill. 



f China. 

 M. SPADICEA, Kobelt. PI. 43, fig. 230. 



Yellowish. Length, 2 inches. 



Hob. unknown. 



Kobelt thinks it not improbable that this is an Austrofusus ; 

 I place it here on account of the coloration which corresponds 

 with Melongena. 



M. BERNARDIANA, Phil. 



Not figured. Said to resemble Fusus turbinelloides, Reeve = 

 M. pallida, Brod. and Sowb. 



Marquesas Isles. 

 M. PUGILINA, Born. PI. 43, figs. 220-222. 



Chestnut-brown ; aperture orange-yellow ; epidermis dark 

 brown, pilose. Length, 3-4 inches. 



Indian Ocean. 

 M. PARADISIACA, Reeve. PI. 43, figs. 223-225. 



Whitish or yellowish, either unbanded, or encircled with 

 numerous light brown bands , aperture flesh-yellow to orange ; 

 shoulder smooth or defined by low tubercles. Length, 2-3 inches. 



Red Sea; Ceylon; Mozambique; Natal. 



The specific name is given by Reeve and others as of Martini, 

 who was not a binomial writer. I cannot cite him as authority 

 and in substituting Reeve I pass over several intervening, differ- 

 ent names given by other authors : the species is so well known 

 as paradisiaca that to change it would be inadvisable. A yellow 

 form, without tubercles (fig. 224), was called by Lamarck Pyrula 

 citrina ; whilst the tubercuiate shells were named by him P. 

 nodosa. 



M. COCHLIDIUM, Linn. PL 43, figs. 226, 227. 



Deep chestnut-brown : aperture yellowish or white. 



Length, 3'5-6 inches. 



Indian Ocean; Raines 1 IsL, Torres Sts. Capt. luce. 



Somewhat resembling the dark-colored, tubercuiate variety of 

 M. pugilina, Born, but a larger shell, thinner, and with the 

 tubercles or sh*ort spines larger and much less numerous. 



