MELANLUDA. 207 
Whorls shaped like Brot, pl. 45, fig. 13, but spire more pro- 
duced ; a single specimen distinctly banded, like Bourg. Mal. 
Alg., pl. XVI, fig. 20. 
12 Rv. Litany; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [173, 85]. 
A shorter, more convex form, resembling Brot, pl. 45, fig. 1 
[“M. buccinoidea”’], but rather smaller; a single specimen is 
distinctly banded, exactly like Rossmassler, fig. 1889 [“« M: 
wagneri, Parr.”’]. 
2 Rhodes; ex c. R. Hungerford, Esq. 
50 Damascus; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 
Close to Rossm4ssler, fig, 1885, and Brot, pl. 45, fig. 13. 
4 Damascus; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [long. 24, diam. 10 mil.; sub- 
decollate]. 
Abnormal specimens with the spire cylindrically produced, 
much as in M. Brot’s, pl. 45, fig. 7 [‘‘ Rhodes ’’]. 
30 Damascus; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [16}, 10]. 
Resembles Brot, pl. 45, figs. 3,5 and 14; has a shorter spire 
than the preceding. 
16 Jordan and Ain Mellaha; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [20, 112]. 
Resemble M. Brot’s pl. 45, fig. 2, his M. buceinoidea, Fér., a 
form distinguished by the more evenly rounded whorls. 
20 Ain-es-Sultan [Elisha’s Spring], Jericho; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 
Resembles Rossmiassler, fig, 1888, and Brot, pl. 45, fig. 9, &e. 
lu Ain Mellaha, Galillee; coll. Dr. J. Anderson. 
7 Jericho; ex c. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 
Typical specimens of the so-called M. buccinoidea. 
830 Sahestan, W. of Shiraz; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
Undistinguishable from the preceding. 
1 Dead Sea; ex ce. H. F. Blanford, Esq. [labelled “M. eremita, 
Trist.”] 
Does not seem to me to agree with Tristram’s description. 
