208 MELANIID. 
var. brevis. 
Melanopsis preerosa, var. brevis (Parreyss), Mousson, Cog. Bellardi, 1854 ; 
fide Brot =M. ruinarum, Tarner, ms. from Baalbeck, 
28 Baalbeck and Rv. Litany [—Leontes] ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson [16}, 9]. 
Even more convexly rounded than Brot’s pl. 45, fig. 4, with 
the last whorl relatively unusually short; and lighter substance 
than usual, with callosity less developed. 
var. variabilis. 
Melanopsis variabilis (von dem Busch), Philippi, Abb. IT, 1847, Schiraz 
and Persepolis. 
Judging from M. Brot’s figures, this variety is not M. min- 
grelica, Bayer, as I suspected from Issel’s description; the 
latter’s var. carinata must bear. close affinity to my subvar. acuti- 
carinata. 
30 Persia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [24, 10}. 
From neighbourhood of Shiraz, [ believe ; the original figures 
of Philippi are excellent, those of Brot very bad. These are 
what I consider typical specimens, resembling Philippi’s fig. 8, 
“ anfr. planiusculis.” 
12 Bandomir [Persia]; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
20 Persia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. (213, 10). 
Exactly resembling the preceding, but whorls more rounded, 
bearing much the same relationship tv it as does M. buccinoidea 
to M. prerosa. 
subvar. zonulata. 
Philippi, l. ¢., fig. 10. 
9 Persia; coll. W. T. Blanford, Esq. 
subvar. nana. 
15 Persia; coll. W. T, Blanford, Esq. [16, 8]. 
2 Shiraz; ex c. A. Morelet, Esq. [as “ M, fasciolata, Parr,’’] 
