MELANIIDE, 279 
var. thiarella. 
Melania thiarella, Lamarck, Hist. 1822, “ Les Grandes Indes.” 
1 Mauritius ; coll. Mons. Liénard (A. 8. B.}. 
Agrees with M. Brot’s pl. 29, fig. 3. 
7 Mauritius ; coll. Messrs. J. Caldwell and Liénard [A. 8. B.]. 
Larger ; some agree with fig. ld., some with fig. 3B., and 
others again are intermediate. This variety Dr. Moerch con- 
sidered as a distinct species and identified it as the “ Strombus 
coactus” of Meuschen, 1787 [Hab. ?}. 
86. Melania [Tiara] cybele. 
Melania cybele, Gould, P. Bost. 8. 1847, Fiji, Navigators’ Islands, &e. ; fide 
Brot,=M. erenularis, Deshayes, Mag. Zool. 1844, Philippines, 
I doubt if Mel. diadema, Lea, from the Philippines and 
Amboyna, should be specifically separated. Dr. Mcerch consi- 
dered Mel. crenularis as distinct; he does not mention either 
Lea’s or Gould’s species. 
3 Fiji; ex c. G. Nevill, Esq. 
Well represented by M. Brot’s pl. 29, fig. 2B. 
var. aMara,. 
Melania amara, Moerch, J. de C., 1872, Little Nicobar, for Mel. mitra, Reeve 
[not of Meuschen], Sumatra, 
1 Great Nicobar ; coll. F. A. de Roepstorff, Esq. 
Apparently very local, as I have only seen two specimens 
from the interior of the island. It is a beautiful form with 
pink-tinged collumella, and is exactly represented by M. Brot’s 
pl. 29, fig. 2 C. [“« Ml. diadema,” Lea]. The writer classes Mel. 
amara as a synonym of Mel. cybele ; doubtless he had not seen 
an authentic specimen. Reeve’s figures 175 b. c. from Sumatra, 
though larger, are also very close. 
87. Melania [Tiara] winteri. 
Melania winteri (v. d. Busch), Philippi, Abb, I, 1845, Java; fide Brot 
type of his section Tiaropsis. 
8 Mauban ; Luzon ; coll. R. Hungerford, Esq. 
