MELANIA.— Plate VIII. 



Species -t2. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania albescens. Mel. testa conico-mbulatd, solidi- 

 usculd, alb'uld, virescente-tinctd, linen interrupts rufis 

 interruptd, infra suturas in maculis interdum aggre- 

 gate, anfractibus decern ad undecim, conaavo-planatis, 

 hevibits ; aperturd parviusculd. 



The whitish Melania. Shell conically subulate, ra- 

 ther solid, whitish, tinged with green, encircled with 

 interrupted red lines, sometimes collected in blotches 



beneath the sutures, whorls ten to eleven, concavely 

 flattened, smooth; aperture rather small. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 188. 



Hah. Islands of Guimaras, Negros and Siquijor, Philip- 

 pines (in small streams) ; Cuming. 



This species may be readily distinguished by its encir- 

 cling network of interrupted red lines, which incline to 

 congregate into blotches beneath the suture. 



