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* T. elongato-conica, irregulariter striata, sulcis obsoletis vel deficientibus , fusco-cornea , obscure 
fusco-dammulata. Spira regularis, decollata; summo spec. jun. acuto; suturä profundä, simplici. 
Anfr. persist. 5—6 valde convexi, ad suturam curvatim striati; ultimus 1/3 long. anfractuum 
persist. aequans, paulo major, elongato-rotundatus, suprä et infrä convexior. Apert. subvertica- 
lis (10° cum axi) late angulato-ovalis; Perist. rectum, acutum; margine dextro infra antrorsum 
arcuatim producto; basali subeffuso; columellari vix incrassato, concavo. Alt. 21, diam. 9 mill. 
— Eat. anfr. (persist.) 4:1. — Rat. apert. 7 : 4. — Hab. Tongatabou. (M.) 
** Shell ovate pyramidal; apex mucli corroded, remaining whorls 4—5 in number, rounded, lower 
ones perfectly smooth , upper delicately concentrically grooved ; colour greenish yellow with 
occasional longitudinal streaks of dark brown ; mouth oval , of a leaden hue within ; columella 
white, small, and suddenly turning into the inner body of shell. — Long. 61/2 — 7i/ 2 i breath 
3V 2 — 4 liues. — Habit. Upolu, Samoan group, and Tongatabou Friendly Isl. Var. d eli ca- 
tul aBaird: Shellsmaller and more delicate, thin transparent and dark brown streaks more de- 
cidedly shown; apex much corroded, remaining whorls only 3 — 4. Long. about. 5, lat. 2 */ 2 
lines. — Hab. Tutuila, Samoan Group. (B.) 
2351 Melania affinis Lea f. 
Taf. 24, Fig. 5 (nach Lea loc. cit.) 
„T. crebristriatä, conoideä, subtenui, tenebroso-fuscä ; spira subelevatä, suturis impres- 
sis; anfract. concexis, ad apicem plicatis ; apert. parva, ellipticä, intus albidä; labro acuto; 
columella laevi et incurvä. 
Long. 0,83. Diam. 0,30 p. 
Habit. Manilla (Newcomb)“ (Lea). 
Melania affinis Lea Proc. Ac. N. S. Phil. 1856. 
Journ. Ac. N. S. Phil. VI. n. s. 
Obs. Gen. Unio. XI. t. 22 f. 23. 
Nach der Diagnose würde diese Art der M. scitula sehr ähnlich sein, die Figur ist 
aber davon ganz verschieden. Ich habe diese Melanie nie zu Gesicht bekommen und 
stelle sie nur mit Zweifel hieher. 
236. Melania Assavaensis Mousson. 
Taf. 25, Fig. 2, 2 a. 
T. turrita, solidula, pallide cornea, sparsim indistincte et interrupte rufo-flammulata. 
Spira integra; anfr. 9 — 10, vix convexiusculi , suturä anguste canaliculatä divisi, supremi 
longitudinaliter inciso-striati (rariüs etiam transverse plicato-costati), striis in anfr. ultimis 
irregularibus. Apert. ovata, superne acutiuscula, basi rotundata, haud ampliata, effusa; 
columella crassiuscula, modice torta, parum arcuata. (Coli. Mouss. et mea). 
Alt. 34 lat. 10; Apert. alt. 10, lat. 5 Millim. 
