48 Moll . 
MOLLUSCA. 
Melania rodericensis (E, A. Smith, 1876), E. A. Smith, Phil. Tr. clxviii. 
p. 481, pi. li. figs. 9 & 10, nearly allied to tuherculata (MU.), Rodriguez 
Island. 
Melania limhorfji, sp. n., Hanley, J. L. S. xiv. p. 680, Teuassorim. 
Melania lihertina (Gould), van*., including japonica (Reeve) and 
reiniana (Brot), common in Southern Japan, M. retifera (Tryon), pro- 
bably a young state of the same, M. hiwai^ sp. n., Japan, and niponica^ 
(E. A. Smith), bcth from Lake Biwa, Icehheckii (Brot), Japanese origin 
doubtful ; Kobelt, Faun. Jap. pp. 128-132, pi. xviii. figs. 2-8, pi. xix. 
figs. 2-14. 
Melania oncoides, J. E. T. Woods, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. [1878] 
p. 5, Bourke, Darling River, Australia, and M. dahtidios [sic], wilhinsoni, 
and scalar if ormis^ id. op. cit, iv, pp. 24 & 25, New Guinea, the first two 
figured, pi. iv. figs. 3 & 4 : spp. nn. 
Uemisinus osculatii (Villa) = fusco-punctata (Busch.) = binneyi (Tryon) 
var. giiayaquilensis (Petit), var. n. saladensisj nigra^ and minuta, Miller, 
Mai. Bl.(2)i. pp. 160-166, various rivers in Ecuador, var. saladensis, 
pi. vii. fig. 6. 
Melanopsis. 20 species from the countries round the Mediterranean 
Sea, including huccinoidea (Olivier), distinguished from qircerosa (L.), 
both from Syria, Greece, and Algeria, mingrelica (Bayer), Transcaucasia, 
charpentieri (Parreyss), sp. n., Shiraz ; 19 from New Caledonia, including 
fulminata, sp. n., and elongata, aurantiaca, hrotiana, and fragilis (Gassies), 
figured for the first time ; and 2 from New Zealand, described and 
figured by Brot in Kiister’s Conch. Cab. pts. 280 & 283, pp. 416-466, 
pis. xlv.-xlix. 
Melanopsis x^rccrosa (L.) and costata (Olivier), numerous varieties ; 
Kobelt, Iconogr. vii. pp. 13-18, pis. clxxxvii. & clxxxviii. figs. 1875-1907. 
Faiinus (Montf.). F. ater (L.), Melanopsis princeps (Lea), Pirena 
pagodus (Reeve), monstr., F. nitidus (Busch, 1856), Philippines, nanus 
and cantori (Reeve, asP/rena), described and figured by Brot, inKiister’s 
Conch. Cab. pt. 280, pp. 410-415, pi. xliv. 
Melanatria. 6 species described and figured ; id. 1. c. pp. 401-407, 
pis. xlii. & xliv.; M. goudotiana, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 405, pi. xliv. fig. 1, 
Madagascar. 
Firenopsis, g. n., shell near that of Melanatria^ spines situated in the 
under part of the whorls, and directed outwards ; operculum subspiral, 
with submarginal nucleus as in Melama. P. costata (Q. & Gaim., as 
Melania) = Pirena lamarei (Brot) ; id. 1. c. pp. 408 & 409, pi. xliv. fig. 2, 
Vanikoro. 
Litobinid^. 
Tectaria montrouzieri (Fischer, 1878), J. de Conch, xxvii. p. 31, pi. iii. 
fig. 6, Art Island, New Caledonia. 
Echinella gaidii^ sp. n., Montrouzier, J. de Conch, xxvii. p. 26, pi. iii. 
fig. 3, Lifu and Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. 
Litorina. The white line which occurs in many species at the base of 
the aperture, is connected in some way with the organs of respiration ; 
