M E L A N I A . 



Plate IX. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania picta. Mel. testa abbreviato-subulatd, luteo- 

 olivaced,flammis castaneo-rufis longitudinalibus undi- 

 rjiie pictd, anfractibus novem ad decern, concentric?, 

 valid? plicatis, prope suturas spiraliter Uneari-sulca- 

 fis ; aperturd pared. 



The painted Melania. Shell shortly subulate, yel- 

 lowish-olive, painted throughout with longitudinal 

 chestnut-red flames, whorls nine to ten, strongly con- 

 centrically plaited, spirally linearly grooved next the 

 sutures ; aperture small. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 56. pi. 15. f. 3. 



Hub. Feejee Islands ; Macgillivray. 



The striped painting is very conspicuous in this species, 

 extending even to the callous columellar margin, and the 

 whorls are for the most part strongly plicated. 



Species 44. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania unisulcata. Mel. tesld acute tereti, solidius- 

 culd, virente-olivaced, prope apicem obscure rufo-punc- 

 tatd, anfractibus quindecim ad sexdecim, planulatis, 

 undique dense spiraliter inciso-striatis, sulco unico in- 

 fra suturas j aperturd anguste ovatd, margine colu- 

 mellari plano-calloso. 



The one-grooved Melania. Shell sharply tapering, 

 rather solid, greenish-olive, obscurely red-dotted near 

 the apex, whorls fifteen to sixteen, flattened, closely 

 encircled throughout with engraved striae, with a 

 single groove below the sutures ; aperture narrowly 

 ovate, columellar margin flatly callous. 



Bob. ? 



I cannot bring this shell to agree with any known va- 

 riety of its Protean congeners. It is of rather solid Tere- 

 bra-\\ke growth, chiefly distinguished by a single linear 

 groove running throughout the upper part of the whorls. 



Species 45. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania flammulata. Mel. testa anguste subulatd, 

 solidiiisculd, rufescente-albd, flammis rufis subdistan- 

 tibus undique pictd, anfractibus undecim ml duodecim, 

 convexo-planatis, striis incisis dense cingulatis, sub lente 

 minutl longitudinaliter crispato-strialis ; aperturd 

 pared, margine columellari calloso-incurvo. 



The flamed Melania. Shell narrowly subulate, rather 

 solid, reddish-white, painted throughout with rather 

 distant red flames, whorls eleven to twelve, convexly 

 flattened, encircled with close-set engraved stria;, 

 beneath the lens minutely longitudinally crisply stri- 

 ated ; aperture small, columellar margin callously in- 

 curved. 



Von dem Busch, Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. Conch, 

 vol. i. p. 1. pi. 1. f. 3, 4. 



Hab. Java. 



The flamed painting of this species has a character of 

 its own, and the structure and contour of the whorls is 

 also peculiar. 



Species 46. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania terebra. Mel. testa anguste tereti, virente- 

 olivaced, infra suturas rufo flammatd, suturis a/bis. 

 anfractibus duodecim ad quatuorJec.hu, convexo-planis, 

 slriis spiralibus tenuibus striisque longitudinalibus 

 crispatis undique confertim decussatis; aperturd par- 

 viusculd, margine columellari calloso-incurvo. 



The auger Melania. Shell narrowly tapering, green- 

 ish-olive, flamed with red beneath the sutures, sutures 

 white, whorls twelve to fourteen, convexly flattened, 

 closely decussated throughout with fine, spiral, and 

 longitudinal crisped striae ; aperture rather small, co- 

 lumellar margin callously incurved. 



Von dem Busch, Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. Conch, 

 vol. i. p. i. pi. 1. f. 17. 



Hab. Java. 



The original type of this species, figured by Dr. Philippi, 

 is an extremely young shell. A more mature specimen, 

 received from Dr. V. d. Busch, has enabled me to identify 

 it with the still finer specimen in Mr. Cuming's collection, 

 represented in the accompanying Plate. 



Species 47. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania Petiti. Mel. testa subulatd, subventricosd, 

 sordide olivaced, anfractibus decern ad duodecim, sul- 

 cis paucis superjiciariis linearibus irregularibus cin- 

 gulatis, longitudinaliter irregulariter corrugato-stria- 



lis ; aperturd ovatd, margine columellari calloso. 

 Petit's Melania. Shell subulate, slightly ventricose, 



November, 1859. 



