256 MELANIIDE. 
green, the extreme young only showing two basal brown bands ; 
distinctly angulate at the periphery, basal sulcations rather 
more distinct than usual; nearly smooth, but subobsolete sculp. 
ture can be traced here and there; outer lip above strongly 
deflected, at base acuminately pointed, much as in M. reevet; 
both this and subvar. fasciata from Bhootan are probably 
transition forms to M. reevet, Brot. 
Long. 44, diam. 18 mil. 
subvar. fasciata. 
4 Bhootan ; ex c, Dr. F. Stoliczka. 
This may prove an altogether distinct variety. Decollate, 
of four whorls only, long. 43, diam.17 mil. Quite adult, with 
a somewhat indistinct brown band in the middle of the whorls, 
two at base; substance rather thin, outer lip not acutely 
angled at base, although angled at the periphery ; no tendency to 
possess a raised keel there, as is often the case. 
subspecies episcopalis. 
Melania episcopalis, Lea, P. Zool. 8. 1850, Malacca; Hanley, Conch. Mise., 
pl. TIT, fig. 27 (* typical specimen”]; Brot, Conch.-Cab. II, pl. 12, 
jig. 1, as “ M, episcopalis” andl. ec. fig. 4 [also 44, and B.], as “ ML. 
brooke,” andl. c. pl, 138, fig. 1b, as “ M. sumatrensis, var. ; subvar, = 
Hanley, Con. Indica, pl. 75, fig. 6, as “MM. variabilis, var. spinosa 
[not M. spinosa, Hanley, as of Benson, Conch. Mise.|; Reeve, fig. 207, 
as “M. brooket” and fig. 208, as “ M. sparsinodosa,Busch” [both 
Srom Borneo]; = MW. pontificalis, Busch, Zeits. Mal. 1853, Borneo, 
This widely spread and variable form is not the Mel. episco- 
palis of the Con. Indica, which I have named var. binodulifera. 
Why M. Brot would not accept Hanley’s typical figure in his 
Conch. Misc. of M. episcopalis, which nevertheless agrees fairly 
not only with the original description, but also with Brot’s Ma- 
lacca specimen [pl. 12, fig. 1] and my Perak specimens from the 
same district, Iam quite unable to understand; possibly,the subse- 
quent series of errors in the Con. Indica induced the Professor 
not to do so. These errors are that Hanley figures the epis- 
copalis of Lea for his own Mel. spinosa, and the true spinosa 
as “M. menkiana, Lea” [and subvar. as M. hanleyi, G.-A.]. 
8 Qualla Kangsa, Perak; coll. Surgeon-Major E. Townsend. 
