MELANIIDS. 285 
Well represented by the above-quoted figures in the Con. 
Indica ; it is doubtless Benson’s original “ eleyans.” 
var. Myurus, 
Melania myurus, Brot, Rev. Zool. 1860, pl. 16, fig. 3, Java ; Conch.-Cab. IT, 
pl. 28, fiy. 1, Java, Halmaheira [Landauer] and “ ? Borneo [Issel]. 
I consider this form scarcely separable even as a variety. I 
have seen equally cylindrical forms from India, &e. 
3 Halmaheira; ex Mr. Landauer [163, 73]. 
Intermediate between the two larger figures in the Conch.- 
Cab., with more of the ordinary “ scabra” type. 
2 Halmaheira; ex Mr. Landauer. 
Resembling pl. 28, fig. 1B., 1. c. 
var, 2 
1 Java, Philippines or Siam ?; coll. Baron F. von Richthofen, 
Long. 263, diam. 11 mil. A very striking form, with very 
tumid and ovately produced last whorl, unlike any figure I can 
find, 
var. granum, 
Melania granum (v. d. Busch), Philippi, Abb. I, 1844, Java; fide Brot, 
distinct sp. and = Mel. scabrella, Mousson (not of Phil.) ; var. bucci- 
noidea, Mousson, Moll. Java, pl. 12, fig. 4, Lake Tirir, 
5 Java; exc. A: Morelet, Esq. 
Four of these are the spineless “ var. buccinoides,” of Mous- 
son. 
12 Mauritius; coll. J. Caldwell and G, Nevill, Esqrs. 
Anfr. 3; long. 12, diam. 7 mil. An abundant small form, 
almost exactly resembling Javanese specimens. The spiral 
‘striation is quite as developed. Always strongly decollate. 
