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14. Melania canalis. 
Melania canalis, Zea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Guimaras. 
var. lanceolata, nov. 
Brot, Conch.- Cab. I1,"1878, pl. 19, fig. 11a, as “ M, canalis, var.” 
7 Cebu; coll. R, Hungerford, Esq. 
No signs of any longitudinal ribbing even on the upper 
whorls, except on one specimen, so conspicuous a feature in 
Reeve’s fig. 63. : 
var. [? distinct species]. 
4 Cebu ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 
Possibly the young of the preceding; if not, of some closely 
allied species. There is no trace of the broad band at the base 
of the aperture so characteristic of M. canalis, 
Sub-Genus STRIATELLA, Brot. 
Amer. Journ. Conch. VI, 1871; fide Brot, Conch.-Cab. II, type 
MM. corporosa, Gould, and HM. tuberculata, Miller, 
15. Melania (Striatella) montrouzieri. 
Melania montrouzieri, Gasstes, Act. Soc. Lin. Bord., 1861, pl. V, fig. 10, 
NV. Caledonia ; fide Brot, var. M. mariei, Gassies, also’ perhaps= 
M. crepidinata, Rv. [Java], and UM. gracilina, Gld. [Tahit¢]. 
It seems to methe New Caledonian form is scarcely separable 
from the Tahitian M. gracilina. 
var, Mageni. 
Melania mageni, Gassies, l.c., pl. VI, fig. 10, N. Caledonia, 
5 New Caledonia ; coll. J. Caldwell, Esq. 
1 New Caledonia ; ex c. P. Bouvier, Esq. [as “ M. sp, P ”). 
Anfr, 3; long. 15, diam. 7} mil. 
