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OVULIDJE (AMPHIPERASID^E).
GILL insists that the nearest relations of this family are with
Pedicularia, and proposes to restore for them both the suborder
Digitoglossa, originally proposed by J. E. Gray. Am. Journ.
Conch, vi. pp. 182-187. There is nothing essentially new in
this paper.
CERITHIID^;.
Cerithium brongniaHii, Marav., = hymerensis, Calcara; the first has one
month's priority. Benoit and Aradas, Att. Soc. Ital. xii. p. 602.
Cerithium metula, Loven, the first whorls longitudinally ribbed, and wanting
the granulate spiral girdles. Sars, Bidr. Christ, faun. p. 59.
Cerithium trilineatum, Phil. The embryonic whorls are peculiarly formed ;
it does not belong to Cerithiopsis. C. metaxa (Chiaje) is not crosseanum,
Tiberi, but a variety of scabrum (Olivi). Weinkauff, Bull. mal. Ital. iii.
p. 88.
Triforis benoitiana, sp. n., Aradas, Atti Soc. Ital. xii. pp. 549, 550, and
Bull. mal. Ital. iii. p. 537, Aci Trezza in Sicily. Weinkauff thinks that it is
only a variety of scabrum (Olivi), I. c. p. 88.
Triphoris [Triforis] similis, minimus, pallidus, sidcosus, gracilis, perfectus,
oryza, pustulosus and annulatus, from Kauai, Sandwich Islands; punctatus
and costatus, Annaa ; robusius, Makaimo ; cylindricus and brunneus, Apaiang;
granosus, Tahiti, spp. nn., Pease, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 774-777.
MELANIID^E.
Brot enumerates 332 recent species of Melania, 14 of Doryssa, 10 of Vibex,
16 of Pirena, 32 of Hemisinus, 3 of Clea, 4 of Canidia, 44 of Melanopsis,
and 32 of Paludomus. He persists in uniting under the name Hemisinus
very unlike species from different parts of the world, taking the European
esperi, Fer., away from its nearest ally Melanopsis acicularis, Fer. Am. J.
Conch, iv. App. pp. 271-325.
Paludomus reticulata, sp. n., Blanford, J. A. S. B. xxxix. p. 9, pi. 3. fig 1,
Cachar, India.
Melaniapotamobia, sp. n., Bourguignat, Ann. Mal.p. 44,mouthof theDanube.
[Melania] Melanoides swinhoei, sp. n., H. Adams, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 8, pi. 1.
f. 12, Hainan.
[Melania] Melaniella brevicula, sp. n., H. Adams, I. c. p. 379, pi 27. fig. 12,
Amoy, China.
Melania plicatilis, sp. n., ovalana, new name for perpinguis (Gould, nee
Hinds, nee Reeve), with 2 new varieties, subexusta, sp. n., with 2 new
varieties, and turritelloides, sp. n., with remarks on some other species.
Mousson, J. de Conch, xviii. pp. 203-216, Fiji Islands.
Melania kauiensis and contigua, spp. nn., Pease, Am. J. Conch, vi. p. 7 (the
first figured pi 3. fig. 6), Sandwich Islands.
Pachychilus jansoni, sp. n., H. Adams, /. e. p. 795, Nicaragua.
Melanopsis curta, zonites, robusta,fusca, fusiformis, and soucerbiana, spp. nn.,
Gassies, J. de Conch, xviii. pp. 146-148, New Caledonia.
Melanopsis dufourei (Fe"r.), its occurrence in Tuscany, where it has been
observed for about ten years, confirmed by F. L. Appelius, Nachr. mal. Ges.
pp. 44-46.