MELANIIDZ. 215 
Genus HEMISINUS, Swainson. 
Treat, Malac, 1840, p. 341, type H. lineolatus, Gray. 
1, Hemisinus lineolatus. 
Strombus lineolatus, Gray, Wood’s Ind. Test. Sup. 1828, Hab. ? 
2 Cuba; exc. Prof. W. Newcomb. 
M. Brot records as localities Jamaica, Venezuela, and Per- 
nambuco, but not Cuba. The above resemble his pl. 38, fig, 6 d. 
var. punctata. 
Hemisinus punctatus, Reeve, Icon. 1860, Pernambuco, 
2 Brazil ; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb. 
Like M. Brot’s fig. 6 b, only smaller. 
2. Hemisinus ornatus. 
Melania ornatus, Poey, Mém, Cuba, 1852. 
9 Cuba; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb, &c. 
3. Hemisinus brasiliensis. 
Melanopsis brasiliensis, Moricand, Mém. Soc. Phys. Geneva, VIII, 1839, 
Villa de Barra ; fide Brot, var.—Nel. sealaris, Wagner. 
2 Brazil; coll. A, Morelet, Esq. 
var. elata, nov. 
Conch.-Cab., IL, pl. 40, fig. 12 A. as “var, B. elate turrita,” 
1 Brazil; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka, 
4. Hemisinus guayaquilensis. 
Melania guayaquilensis, Petit, Journ. de Conch, 1853, Guayaquil. 
1 Guayaquil; exc. A. Morelet, Esq. 
5. Hemisinus behni. 
Hemisinus behnii, Reeve, Icon. 1860, Pernambuco. 
var, 
2 Brazil; exc. A. Morelet, Esq. 
1 Brazil; ex c. Prof. W. Newcomb. 
