MELAMPUS §. 3. 4. 
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datus, basin versus sensim attenuatus, basi lineis impressis 
spiralibus cinctus; apertura angusta, basi subeffusa, non dila- 
tata; plicae parietales 2, ambae inferae, subaequales, albae; 
plica columellaris valde obliqua; margo columellaris incrassa- 
tus, aurantius; margo externus strictus, nigrocastaneus, plicis 
internis circiter 10 subremotis, albis, alternis minoribus. — 
Long. 6 — 8, diam. 4 — 5, apert. alt. 5 — Q l / 2 mill. 44 (v. M.) 
Melampus nucleolus Martens in Monatsber. Berl. Ak. 16 Jan. 1865. p. 55. 
Habitat in insulis Amboina et Ceram. 
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41. Floridanus (Auricula) Shuttl. (Coll. 18.) I. 35. II. 25. — Binn. 
Terr. Moll. IV. p. 165. t. 75. f. 30; Land- and freshw. sh. North- 
Am. II. p. 16. f. 17. — Tryon in Amer. journ. conch. IV. p. 9. 
t. 18. f. 11 . — Patel Cat. p. 114. — Auricula Rugeli Charp. — 
Tralia Floridana H. Sf A. Adams. — Florida. 
42. triticeus (Auricula) Phil. (Coll. 19.) I. 36. II. 26. — Gassies 
Faun. Nouv. Caled. p. 62. — Cassidula triticea H. A. Adams . — 
China?, Balade Novae Caledoniae. 
43. IVS. granum Gassies. t 
,, Testa imperforata, minima, oviformis, nitida, castanea, 
epidermide fulva tenui, longitudinaliter subtilissime striatula; 
spira conica, brevis; anfr. 6 — 7, ultimus 2 / 3 longitudinis aequans, 
superne attenuatus; apice mucronato; sutura mediocris, lace- 
rata; apertura angusta, superne stricta, basi rotundato-patula, 
intus brunneo-rufescens; plicis 3, parietalibus 2 horizontalibus, 
superiore majore, columellari 1 mediocri, ascendente, carneola; 
peristoma simplex, carneo-brunnescens, denticulis 6 — 7 irregu- 
laribus, albis munitum. — Diam. 3, alt. 6 mill. Apert. 3 l i' 2 mill, 
longa, 1 lata.“ (G.) 
Melampus granum Gass, in Journ. Conch. XVII. 1869. p. 74. 
Habitat in insula Art Novae Caledoniae (Montrouzier). 
§• 4. 
44. luteus (Auricula) Quoy & Gaim. (Coll. 20.) I. 36. II. 26. — 
Gassies Faun. Nouv. Caled. p. 62. — Mouss. in Journ. Conch. 
XVII. 1869. p. 346 (Manua, Upolu) ; XXI. 1873. p. 106 (ins. Ellice). 
— Martens Langk. Don. Bismark. p. 55 : Kingsmill. — Patel 
Cat. p. 114. — Schmeltz in Mus. God. cat. V. p. 88. — Conovulus 
Columbiensis Muhlf., luteus Ant. — Var.?: Melampus pallescens Sow. 
— Auricula pallescens Kilst. — Vanikoro, Guam, Java, ins. Philippin., 
ins. Art et Lifu Novae Caledoniae, 
