302 MELANIIDA. 
var. nodulosa. 
Paludomus nodulosus, Dohrn, P. Zool. §. 1857, Ceylon. 
8 Ratnapoora; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [as “ P. funiculata, Rv.’’]. 
subvar. aerea. 
Paludomus aereus, Reeve, P. Zool. S. 1852, Ceylon. 
The following agree fairly with M. Brot’s figs., but not with 
that of the Con. Indica. 
6 Ceylon ; ex c. Dr. F. Stoliczka. 
var. TE@VEl. 
Tanalia reevei, Layard, Ann. Mag. 1855, Ceylon, Ratnapoora, 
1 Ceylon; ex c. Dr, F. Stoliczka. 
2 Ceylon; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. 
Resemble Con. Indica, pl. 124, fig. 5. 
subvar. minor. 
5 Ceylon ; coll. H. F. Blanford, Esq. 
Resemble Conch.-Cab. II, pl. 3, fig. 10. 
var. layardi. 
Paludomus layardi, Reeve, P. Zool, S. 1852, Ceylon. 
1 Ceylon ; coll. H. Nevill, Esq. [as ““ P. nodulosa, Dohrn ”]. 
Long. 273, diam. 244 mil. 
The interior markings are “‘arrow-headed ” and very beauti- 
ful. It is unlike both Brot’s and Hanley’s figures,—nearer the 
latter. 
var. funiculata. 
Paludomus funiculatus, Reeve, Icon. 1847, Ratnapoora in Ocyloy ; ? = P. 
picta, of Brot, pl. 4, figs. 2 and 3 [not of Layard]. 
14 Ceylon; coll. H. F. Blauford and H, Nevill, Esqrs. 
