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MELAMPUS §. 7. 
78. M. morosus Gassies. t 
„T. imperforata, conico-oblonga., solida, rufo-castanea, 
longitudinaliter et irregulariter strigata; spira acuminata; anfr. 
6 — 7, ultimus 2 / 3 longitudinis aequans, superiores planati; apice 
obtusulo; sutura linearis, luteo-pallida , sublacera; apertura 
angusta, superne angulato-flexuosa, basi ovata, intus albo- 
cinerea, plicis 3, 2 parietalibus, superiore minuta, inferiore 
majore, horizontal, 1 columellari; peristoma subincrassatum, 
brunneum, denticulo 1 horizontali, albo. — Diam. 5 — 6, alt. 
12 mill.; apert. 7 longa, 2 lata.“ (G.) 
Melampus morosus Gass, in Journ. Conch. XV. 1867. p. 61. 
Habitat in insula Art Novae Caledoniae (Montrouzier). 
Of* A rf 
J 79 . tetricus Gassies. f 
„T. obtecte subrimata, ovata, solida, sub lente tenerrime 
striata, epidermide atro-viridi, saepe deficiente, vestita; spira 
brevis, conica, apice erosa; anfr. 5 subplani, sutura irregulari 
conjuncti, ultimus basi attenuatus, 3 / 5 longitudinis aequans; 
apertura anguste semi-ovalis, biplicata, intus atro-purpurea; 
plica parietalis 1 alba, compressa, subhorizontalis; columellaris 
torta , marginem attingens ; perist. acutum , margine dextro 
medio callo leviter prominulo munito, columellari incrassato, 
reflexo, adnato. — Longit. 10, latit. h 1 /^ mill." (M.) 
Melampus tetricus Morelet in Journ. Conch. XII. 1864. p. 290. 
Habitat New-South- Wales. 
so. M. semisulcatus Mousson. f 
„T. imperforata, conico-piriformis, striata, nitidula, cinna- 
momea. Spira depresse conica; summo obtuso, semper detrito; 
sutura irregulariter crenulata. Anfr. 4 remanentes, 2 — 3 de- 
structi, planiusculi, striis plicosis et sulcis spiralibus insigne 
granose reticulati; ultimus supra rotundato-subangulatus, turn 
conico-attenuatus, ad basin tumidulus, supra et infra fortiter 
sulcatus, illuc praeterea plicostriatus, medio laevigatus. Apert, 
angusta, verticalis, elongata, basi arete rotundata. Plicae 
parietales 2 parvulae, acutae, interdum tertia minima; plica 
columellaris acuta, subhorizontalis, basi approximata. Perist. 
rectum, acutum; margine dextro profunde sublabiato, medio 
lamella unica distincta, altera supera obsoleta praedito; colu- 
mellari brevi, crassiusculo, appresso. — Long. 11, diam. 6 
mill. — Rat. anfr. 2:1; rat. apert. 8:1.“ (M.) 
