M E L A N I A . 



Plate X. 



Species 50. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Buschiana. Mel. testa aciculari, spird pera- 

 attd, intense olivaced, flam/mis nigris longitudinaliter 

 copiose pictd, anfractibus snperne constrictis, ad margi- 

 nemfuniculatis, undique transversim punctato-striatis ; 

 aperturd parviusculd, margins columellarl calloso-in- 

 curvd. 



Btjsch's Melania. Shell acicular, spire very sharp, 

 dark-olive, copiously painted longitudinally with black 

 flames, whorls constricted round the upper part, 

 corded at the margin, transversely puncture-striated 

 throughout ; aperture rather small, columellar margin 

 callously incurved. 



Hal). California. 



In naming this very interesting Californian species after 

 Dr. Von dem Busch, of Bremen, I am glad to avail my- 

 self of the opportunity of thanking him for the prompt 

 liberality with which he has sent me all the typical speci- 

 mens of this family from his collection for examination. 

 Without his aid there are several species described by 

 German writers, which it is more than probable I should 

 not have succeeded in identifying. 



Species 51. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania pyramis. Mel. testa aciculari-turritd, palli.de 

 olivaced, rufo-fusco copiose flammatd, fascia latiusculd 

 ad basin, anfractibus iredecim ad quatuordecim, subro- 

 tuudatis, primis decern ad undecim spiraliter punctato- 

 sulcalis, cieteris lavibus ; aperturd parviusculd, late 

 ovald, margine columellarl ad basin calloso-effusd. 



The pyramid Melania. Shell acicularly turreted, pale- 

 olive, copiously flamed with red-brown, with a rather 

 broad band at the base, whorls thirteen to fourteen, 

 somewhat rounded, the first ten or eleven spirally 

 puncture-grooved, the rest smooth, aperture rather 

 small, broadly ovate, columellar margin callously ef- 

 fused at the base. 



Benson (not of V. d. Busch). 



Hab. Borneo. 



A rather light shell, with the whorls somewhat rounded, 

 conspicuously painted throughout with very irregularly 

 waved rust-brown flames, and encircled with a rather 

 broad band of the same colour at the base. 



Species 52. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania cuielium. Mel. testa acuminata, solidiuscidd, 

 basin versus subangustd, olivaced, castaneo undique 

 copiose fiarnmulatd,jlammuUs gracilibus, acute undatis, 

 confertis, anfractibus ad decern, planulatis, striis inci- 

 sis perpaucis superficiariis cingulatis ; aperturd parvd. 



The jewel Melania. Shell acuminated, rather solid, 

 rather narrow towards the base, olive, everywhere 

 copiously flamed with chestnut, flames slender, sharply 

 waved, close-set, whorls about ten, rather flat, en- 

 circled with a few superficial grooved strife ; aperture 

 small. 



Hab. Solomon's Island. 



A rather solid, shining, narrowly convoluted shell, 

 prettily painted throughout with chestnut flames, which 

 are unusually sharply zigzag and close-set. 



Species 53. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania aspirans. Mel. testa anguste subulatd, olivaced 

 vet fusco-nigrd, anfractibus decern ad duodecim, pla- 

 nulatis, latis, superne constrictis, ad marginem funi- 

 cnlatis, interdum subplicatis, ultimo ad basin multisul- 

 cato ; aperturd parvd, margine columellarl calloso- 

 excavato. 



The aspiring Melania. Shell narrowly subulate, olive 

 or brown-black, whorls ten to twelve, rather flat, broad, 

 constricted at the upper part, corded at the margin, 

 sometimes a little puckered, last whorl many-grooved 

 at the base ; aperture small, columellar margin cal- 

 lously excavated. 



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



Hab. Feejee Islands; Hinds. West Africa. 



This species is well distinguished by the pinched, drawn, 

 out character of the whorls. The specimen Fig. 53 a, is 

 one of Mr. Hinds's original types, collected at the Feejee 

 Islands, and that Fig. 53 b, undoubtedly the same species, 

 was received by Mr. Cuming from West Africa. 



Species 54. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania Nicobarica. Mel. testa turriculatd, solidius- 

 cidd, nigra, anfractibus decern ad duodecim, subrotun- 

 datis, primis undique spiraliter sulcatis, cmteris sulcis 

 wperioribus mediisque evanidis ; aperturd parviusculd. 



December, 1859. 



