subconvexis; striis transversis exiJissimis impressis;; apert. parva, elliptica, intus albida; labro
acuto; columella albida. — Operc. tenebroso-fusco.“
„Diam. 0,42. Long. 1,32 p.“
„Oahu, Sandwich Isl, Newcomb.“
P ea se , Americ. Journ. Conch. :!, c .: „Melania contigua.“ — „Testa elongata, tenui,
omnino transversim regulariter tenuiter sulcata aut impresso-striata, cornea; sutura impressa;
anfr. 8, planulatis; apert. elongato-pvata, superne angulata, intus albida; labro acuto; columella
vix incurva; operculo fusco,“
„Long. 28, Diam. 9 mm.“
„Hab. Kauai, Isl. Sandwich.“
Baldwin, Katalog, pag. 19: „Hab. Oahu, M o lo k ai and Kauai.“
S yk e s , Fauna Moll. 1. c .: „Hab. Oahu (Lea); In stream in mountain gulch near
Honolulu (Perkins). Kauai (Pease).
Nach B rot, Die Melaniaceen, pag. 214, Bemerkungen unter 222, ist Mel. contigua,
Pease, Mel. Oahuensis, Pease, und Mel. paulla, Dunker synonym mit Mel. Newcombii, Lea.
F am ilie : Helicinidae.
Genus: Helicina, Lamarck.
Helicina laciniosa, Mighels, 1845.
Helicina laciniosa, Mighels, Proc. Boston, Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. II, 1845, pag. 19.
„ Gould, U. St. Explor. Exped. Moll. 1852, Atlas 1856, PI. VII, Fig. 108.
" » Sykes, Fauna Moll. Hawaiiensis, 1900, pag. 396, No. 1.
M igh els , in Proc. Boston Soc. 1. c.: „Helicina laciniosa: 1 — „Shell orbicular, convex,
reddish brown, interspersed with irregular light spots; whorls five, more or less flattened,
with two or three raised lines, revolving over the middle of the outer whorl; aperture
semilunar; lip limple, acute.
„Diameter s/20 inch.“
„Hab. Oahu.“
Mel. laciniosa. — „Testa subconica, tenuiuscula, striatula, vix nitidula, cinnamomea,
irregulariter albido strigata et maculata; spira conoidea, acutiuscula; anfr. 4-—41/3 vix con-
vexiusculi, ultimus peripheria lineis 1—3 subelevatis signatus, bäsi planiusculus; columella
brevissima, callum nitidum, diffusum retrorsum emittens; apertura obliqua, subtriangulari-
semiovalis; perist. simplex, rectum, acutum, margine basali cum columella angulum subrectum
formante. — Operculum tenue, corneum.“
„Diam. maj. 4, min. 31/3, alt. 2% mm.“
Syk e s , Fauna Moll.. 1. c .:, „Hab. Oahu (Mighels). — Kauai (Baldwin). — Lanai,
behind Koele; also Kalamaula, Molo k ai; Kaala, Oahu; and between Lihue and the sea,
Kauai (Perkins). —
F am ilie : Neritidae.
Genus: Neritina, Lamarck.
Neritina granosa, Sowerby, 1825.
Neritina granosa, Sowerby, Catalogue of the shells in the collection of Earl Tankerville, 1825.
App. p. XL
„ „ „ Conchol. Jllustr. 1841, Neritina, No. 24, Fig. 6.
„ papillosa, jay, Catalogue of the shells in his collection. Edit. Ill, 1839, PI. IV, Fig. 11.
Neripteron gigas, Lesson, Revue zoologique, 1842, pag. 186 und pag. 234.
Neritina granosa, Sykes, Fauna Moll. Hawaiiensis. 1900, pag. 398, No. 2.
Sowe rby, Catalogue 1. c .: „Neritina ;,,Neritina testa depressa, paulum
eonvexa, verrucis numerosis subaequalibus, quincunciatim, ad latera radiatim dispositis
sculpta, obscure guttatim picta, periostraco nigro tecta; spira minima, paululum prominens;
apertura isosceli - triangularis, antice rotundata, , alba, fauce nigrescente-reticulata, margine
supero et infero plicatis, aream columellarem amplectentibus ; margine columellari edentulo,
medio sinuato, area columellari magna, plana, flavida, margine postico aurantio, supra sub-
efnarginato, infra oblique truncato.“
„Diam. maj. 44, min. 16, apert. 43, marg. col. 25, lat. areae col. 20 mm.“
„Hab. in insula Sandwich Oahu.“
B aldwin, Katalog, pag. 19: „A ll the Islands.“
S yk e s , Fauna moll. 1. c .: Molokai, „Pelekunu“.
Neritina vespertina, Nuttal,. 1839.
Neritina vespertina, Nuttal, Jay, Catalogue of the shells in his collection. Edit. Ill, 1839, pag. 66,
nom. solum.
„ n Reeve, Conchol. Icon., Mon. of the Genus Neritina, 1855, Species 61, PI. XIII,
Fig. 61a u. 61b.
„ „ Sykes, Fauna Moll. Hawaiiensis, 1900, pag. 399, No. 5.
v. Martens, System. Conch. Cab. Familie Neritina, pag. 34. Nro. 11. Taf. 6, Fig. 4
bis 6. „Neritina vespertina.11 S SL T e s ta parum eonvexa, subelongata, spiratim subtiliter
striolata et lineis confertis inaequalibus incrementi decussata, concolor, periostraco fusces-
centi viridi, nitidulo; apertura ampia, rotundate isosoeli-triangularis, plumbea, margine- columellari
medio sinuato et denticulato, denticulis superioribus majoribus, area columellari
magna subplana, venulis impressis sculpta, margine postico flavescente, ad spiram emarginato,
supra et infra subparallele obliquo, utrinque in auriculam triangulärem producto, supera
rotundato-acutangula, infera latiore, obtusangula.“
Diam. maj. 25, min. 8, alt. apert. inclus. auricules 23, marg. colum. 13V2 lat. areae
12 mm.
Flab. — Nuttal: Sandwich Islands, on stones in small streams.
B aldwin, Katalog, pag. 19: A ll the Islands.