MELAMPUS §. 4. 
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Melampus taeniola Martens Sf LangJc. Don. Bismark. 1871. p. 56. t. 3. f. 
12. (Synon. Auricula monile var. Quoy 8f Gaim. Voy. 
Astrol. p. 30 et 33; Melampus fasciatus var. d Li- 
sten Beclc Ind. p. 107; Auricula Kiisteri var. Kiist. 
Auric, p. 35. t. 4. f. 12. 13.) 
Habitat Mangareva (Hombr.), Kingsmill (Pease). 
* 
50. caffer (Auricula) Krauss. (Coll. 24.) I. 40. II. 29. — Morelet 
Ser. conch. II. p. 94 : ins. Mayotte. — Martens Langk. Don. 
Bismark. p. 56. t. 3. f. 11. — Patel Cat. p. 114. — Schmeltz in 
Mus. God. cat. V. p. 88. — Var. /?: Conovulus ater Miihlf. — 
Melampus ater H. Sf A. Adums. — Ora Natalensis, ins. Philippin., 
var. /? Oheatora. 
51. lividus (Auricula) Desh. (Coll. 25.) I. 40. II. 29. — Morelet Ser. 
conch. II. p. 94: ins. Mayotte. — Ora Natalensis, ins. Mauritius. 
52. Sincaporensis Pfr. I. 4L II. 30. — Singapore. 
53. M. Dupontianus Morelet. f 
„T. imperforata, ovalis, striatula sulcisque distantibus 
irregulariter notata, nitida, virenti- vel griseo-fuscescens, fascia 
interdum lata infra suturam cingulata; spira conoidea, mucro- 
nata; sutura impressa, demum sublacera; anfr. 8 — 9 planius- 
culi, ultimus basi attenuatus, longitudinis 3 / 7 fere aequans; 
apertura angusta, oblonga, sursum acuminata; paries apertu- 
ralis denticulo profundo et plicis 2 inaequalibus, supera vali- 
diore, munitus; plica columellaris extrorsum porrecta; perist. 
acutum, rubellum, margine dextro plicis transversis obsoletis 
5 — 6 praedito. — Long. 8, diam. 5 mill., var. minoris long. 
7« diam. 4 mill. 44 (M.) 
Melampus Dupontianus Morelet in Journ. Conch. XX III. 1875. p. 25. t. 1. f. 2. 
Habitat in insula Mauritius, var. minor ins. Rodriguez. 
54 M. striatus Pease, f 
„T. elongato-ovata, solida, imperforata,' fusca; spira brevis, 
mucronata, granulosa; anfr. ultimo transversim striato, interdum 
striis longitudinalibus ruguloso; columella triplicata, labro 
bilamellato. — Long. 10, diam. 5 mill. 44 (Pease 1868.) 
Melampus striatus (Tralia) Harper Pease in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861. p. 
244*) ; Amer. journ. conch. IV. 1868. p. 100. t. 12. f. 14. 
*) „Shell elongately ovate, dark brown; spire short; apex granulose; 
last whorl ornamented with revolving striae, which, on mature specimens, 
are distant or disappear altogether on the middle portion of the whorl; co- 
lumella furnished with three plaits and one at the base; outer lip with on§ 
or two lamellae, “ (Pease 1861.) 
