292 Rev. R. T. Lowe on Melampus, ^c. 



7. Melampus coniformis, Montf. 



Mel." testd turbinatd vel obverse conicd., basi attenuatd, longitudinaliler 



" subrugosd, albidd, fulvo fasciatd ; spird brevissimd ; columelld 



" triplicatd ; labro intus dentato et sulcata.^' Lam. 



Mel. coniformis, Montf., Conchyl. Syst. II, p. 319. 



" Melampa minuta, Schweig., Handb. p. 739." Feruss. 



" Bulla coffea, Linn., Syst. ed, 10, p. 729." Feruss. 



jiuricula coniformis, Lam., YL, 2, p. 141, No. 12. Feruss. TabL 

 Syst. p. 105, No. 23. 



" Conovulus coniformis, Lam., EncycL Meth. t. 459, f. 2, a, b." 

 Lam. and Feruss. 



" Bulimus coniformis, Brug. Diet. No. 72." Lam. 



" Foluta mimita, Gmel., Syst. p. 3436. Dillw., Descr. Cat. p. 506." 

 Feruss. 



Valuta coffea, Linn., Syst. ed. 12, p. 1187 ? 



Hab. " en x\merique : fluviatile." Brug. " Les cotes de Cayenne, 

 " et principalement contre le rocher du Connetable, qui est en avant 

 " de la rade : marin." Montf. 



Ferussac says, only, that Bruguiere " believed it fluviatile ;" without 

 noticing De Montfort's positive assertion, " Ce moUusque est marin ;" 

 and his equally positive and precise habitat. 



8. Melampus monile, Schweig. 



Mel. " testd parvuld, ovato-turbinatd, Icevi, nitiduld, fulvd, albo trL 



" fasciatd; spird brevi; columelld biplicatd; labro intus striato." Lam. 



" Melampa monile, Schweig., Handb. p. 739." Fferuss. 



Auricula monile. Lam., VL, 2, p. 141, No. 14. Feruss., Tabl. Syst. 

 p 105, No. 22. 



" Conovulus monile, Goldfuss, Handb. p. 657." Feruss. 



" Bulimus monile, Brug., Diet. No. 70." Lam. 



" Valuta fiava, Gmel., Syst. p. 3436. Dillw., Descr. Cat. p. 506." 

 Feruss. 



" Valuta, No. 106. Schrdter, Einl. I., p. 272." Feruss. 



Hab. " Les Antilles," Brug., Lam., Feruss. " Bruguiere dit qu'on 

 " la croit fluviatile."* Feruss. 



* But probably as erroneously as in the case of the preceding species, ex- 

 cept he means at the mouths of rivers. 



