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* T. eloDgato-conica, irregulariter striata, sulcis obsoletis vel delicientibus , fnsco-cornea , obscnre 

 fusco-flammulata. Spira regularis, decollata; summo spec. jun. acuto; suturä profunda, simplicL 

 Anfr. persist. 5—6 valde convexi, ad suturam curvatiin striati; nltimus 1/3 long, anfractuum 

 persist. aequans, paulo major, elongato-rotundatns, snprä et infrä convexior. Apert. snbvertica- 

 lis (100 cnm axi) late angulato-ovalis ; Perist. rectum, acutum; margine dextro infrä antrorsnm 

 arcnatim producto; basali subeffuso; columellari vix incrassato, concavo. Alt. 21, diam. 9 mill. 

 — Eat. anfr. (persist.") 4:1. — Rat. apert. 7:4. — Hab. Tongatabou. (M.) 

 ** Shell ovate pyramidal; apex mach corroded, remaining whorls 4—5 in number, rounded, lower 

 ones perfectly smooth, upper delicately concentricaUy grooved; colour greenish yellow with 

 occasional longitudinal streaks of dark brown; month oval, of a leaden hue within; columella 

 white, smaU, and snddenly turning into the inner body of shell. — Long. 61/2 — 71/2; breath 

 31/0—4 lines. — Habit. Upoln, Samoan group, and Tongatabou Friendly Isl. Var. delica- 

 tulaBaird: Shellsmaller and more delicate, thin transparent and dark brown streaks more de- 

 cidedly shown; apex much corroded, remaining whorls only 3-4. Long, about. 5, lat. 21/2 



lines. — Hab. Tntuila, Samoan Group. (B.) 



235. Melania affinis Lea f- 



Taf. 24, Fig. 5 (nach Lea loc. cit.) 



„T. crebristriata, conoideä, subtenui, tenebroso-fiiscd; splrä subelevatä, suturis impres- 

 sis; anfract. convexis, ad apicem plicatis; apert. parva, ellipticä, intus albidä; labro acuto; 

 columella laevi et incurvä. 



Long. 0,83. Diam. 0,30 p. 

 Habit. Manilla (Newcomb)" (Lea). 



Melania affinis Lea Proc. Ac. N. S. Phil. 1856. 

 Journ. Ac. K S. Phil. VI. n. s. 

 Obs. Gen. Unio. XI. t. 22 f. 23. 



Nach der Diagnose würde diese Art der M. scitula sehr ähnlich sein, die Figur ist 

 aber davon ganz verschieden. Ich habe diese Melanie nie zu Gesicht bekommen und 

 stelle sie nur mit Zweifel hieher. 



236. iVIelania Assavaensis Mousson. 

 Taf. 25, Fig. 2, 2 a. 



T. turrita, solidula, pallide cornea, sparsim indistincte et interrupte rufo-flammulata. 

 Spira integra; anfr. 9—10, vix convexiusculi , suturä anguste canaliculatä divisi, supremi 

 longitudinaliter inciso-striati (rariüs etiam transverse plicato-costati) , striis in anfr. ultimis 

 irregularibus. Apert. ovata, superne acutiuscula, basi rotundata, haud ampliata, effusa; 

 columella crassiuscula, modice torta, parum arcuata. (Coli. Mouss. et mea). 

 Alt. 34 lat. 10; Apert. alt. 10, lat. 5 Millim. 



