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p. 72, from the same region. It is larger, less concave, and pe- 

 culiarly colored, like Steganotoma pictum, Troschel. 



Melania pagodula. Testa crassa, sub-rhombea, turrita, te- 

 nuiter striata, fusco castanea, decoliata ; spira elevata, conica, 

 anfr. 4, angulatis, angulo spinis 6 robustis armato ; ultimo antice 

 sub-rostrato, et costulis ad 4 cincto : apertura ovata, antrorsum 

 producta, fauce crerulescente, fusco maculato. Long, l^-, lt>t. |- 

 poll. Hah. Thoungyin River, a branch of the Salwen. Pre- 

 sented by Mrs. Vinton. 



This remarkable shell is almost precisely like M. annigera in 

 its structure and proportions, but is three limes as large, some- 

 thing like lo spinosa. 



Melania baccata. Testa magna, crassa, elongato-turrita, 

 epidermide fusco-castaneo induta ; spira decoliata, anfr. 6 ro- 

 tundatis, plicis longitudinalibus et costis volvenlibus triseriatim 

 nodoso-decussatis, ultimo ad basim 4 costato ; apertura lunata, 

 labio antice producto, columella aurantia valde arcuata ; fauce 

 coerulescente fusco fasciato. Long. 2, lat. f poll. Hab. Thoung- 

 yin River. Presented by Mrs. Vinton. 



Closely allied to M. inquinata, but it is distinguished by its 

 ranges of prominent pustular knobs and its orange columella. 



Melania humerosa. Testa elongato-turrita simplex, viridi- 

 cornea ; spira derosa, anfr. ad 8 convexis, prope suturam obso- 

 lete angulatis, lineis tenuissimis spiraliter striatis, ultimo antice 

 coslato-slriato; apertura sub-ovali, anticv3 vix effusa ; columella 

 rotundata, alba, fauce fasciatim sub-livida. Long. 1|-, lat. ^ poll. 

 Hab. Manko, Tavoy. Presented by Mrs. Vinton. 



Allied to M. Virginica in size and form, though somewhat 

 more conical and robust, and with angular whorls. It still more 

 nearly resembles M. intermedia, of Von den Buseh. 



Melania fluctuosa. Testa parva, elongata, sub-cylindrica, 

 fulvo-cornea, longitudinaliter plicata, plicis 8-10 compressis, 

 acutis, fuscescentibus : anfr. ad 6 (apice derosa) vix convexis, 

 sutura baud impressa ; apertura parva, ovata, vix effusa. Long, 

 f, lat. I poll. Hab. Newville, Tavoy. Presented by Mrs. Vin- 

 ton. 



Allied to M. plicifera, Lea, but is smaller, more cylindrical, 



