Q72 MELANIIDE. 
71. Melania [Melanella) zonata. 
Melania zonata, Benson, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1836, Sylhet ; fide Brot J== 
MM. retusa, Gray, in Griffith's Cuvier [not of Raffin]. 
7 Sylhet [typical] ; exc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal. 
Probably better classed in the next subgenus; I retain, how- 
ever, M. Brot’s classification for the present. 
Sub-Genus PARAMELANIA, Smith. 
P. Zool. S. 1881, type M. nassa, Woodward. . 
Mr. C. A. White (in ‘Nature’, 1881, Vol. XXV, p. 101) 
considers the group identical with that of Pyrgulifera humerosa 
of Meek (U. 8. Geol. Survey, Vol. IV, by Clarence King), a 
Mesozoic fossil. 
72, Melania [Paramelania] nassa. 
Melania nassa, Woodward, Ann. and Mag. 
1 Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa; ex Mr. Damon. 
Sub-Genus TAREBIA, H. & A. Adams. 
Gen. Moll. I, p. 304, as subgenus of Vibex, Oken! Sect. = Sermyla, H. 
and A. Adams, l.c.,as subgenus of Melanella, Sw.; type fide Lrot, 
Conch, Cab., 1874, Mel. granitera, 
73. Melania [Tarebia] lateritia. 
Melania lateritia, Lea, P. Zool. S. 1850, Philippines. 
6 Mauban, Luzon; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. [194, 103]. 
A dark-coloured, short-spired, much-eroded form, without 
bands. 
6 Mindanao; coll. Prof. C. Semper. 
Resembling the preceding, but of a yellowish-brown colour and 
not eroded. 
7 Philippines ; coll. Baron F, von Richthofen. 
