MELANIIDA. 211 
Seems to me intermediate between M. prerosa and M. 
maroccana. The columella resembles that of the latter; but 
the shape of the last whorl and less expanded aperture (at base) 
show a closer affinity to the former species, 
3. Melanopsis cariosa. 
Murex cariosus, Linneus, Syst. Nat. 1758, Seville; fide Morelet=M. 
costellata, Fér. 1823 [pars], Seville and Morocco. 
1 Guadalquivir ; ex “ Linnea.” 
var. maresi. 
Melanopsis maresi, Bourgwignat, Paleontol. Alg. 1862, 8. of Prov. Oran 
[subfossil], long. 20 to 24, diam. 9 to 12 mil. ; Bourg. in Malac, Alg. 
living specimens from Keriz, 8. Prov. of Tunis ; fide Paladilhe from 
Morocco. 
2 Near Tlemeen [P subfossil] ; ex c. P. Joly, Esq. 
Aperture less effuse at base, otherwise they agree well with 
M. Bourguignat’s figures. M. Morelet, J. de C., 1880, p. 98, 
cousiders the form as distinct, and that M. maresi, Bourg. 
[1862], and his own UM, tingitana [1864] ought to be united. 
4. Melanopsis costata. 
Melania costata, Olivier, Voy. Emp. ‘Ottom. 1803, and WM, costellata, Fér. 
1823. 
20 Ain Mellaha [Galilee] ; coll. Dr. J. Anderson, 
Near M. Brot’s figure of the type form, pl. 46, fig. 4; also 
resembles Rossmissler, fig. 1904, but the ribbing is still more 
flexuous. 
var. 
7 Jericho; ex c. H. F. Blanford, Esq. [15, 64]. 
15 Ain-es-Sultan and Jordan ; coll, Dr. J. Anderson. 
Something like Rossm., fig. 1900-1, but smaller; I should 
have identified them as M. saulcyi, Bourg., but for their tur- 
reted spire. 
