MELANIA.— Plate X. 



The Nicobar Melania. Shell turriculated, rather solid, 

 black, whorls ten to twelve, somewhat rounded, the 

 first spirally grooved throughout, the rest with the 

 upper and lower grooves fading away ; aperture ra- 

 ther small. 



Morch, MS. in Mus. V. d. Busch. 



Hab. Nicobar. 



A rather solid shell, impressed at the suture, spirally 

 grooved throughout in the earlier whorls, but in the later 

 whorls only grooved at the lower part. 



Species 55. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania fulgurans. Mel. testa anguste iereli, solidi- 

 usculd, pallide olivaced, rufo-fitsco longitudinaliter in- 

 terrupte fiammatd, anfractibus decern ad duodecim, 

 planulatis, primis longitudinaliter tenuicostatis, ceteris 

 longitudinaliter striatis ; aperlurd pared, margine co- 

 lumellar/, late callosd. 



The lightning Melania. Shell narrowly terete, rather 

 solid, pale-olive, longitudinally interruptedly flamed 

 with red-brown, whorls ten to twelve, rather flat, the 

 first longitudinally finely ribbed, the rest longitudi- 

 nally striated ; aperture small, columellar margin 

 broadly callous. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 57. pi. 15. f. 6. 



Hab. New Hebrides. 



One of the most obvious peculiarities of this species 

 consists in the coloured flames being interrupted through- 

 out with transverse linear breaks. 



Species 56. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania indefinita. Mel. testa turriculald, virente- 

 olivaced, suturis lutescentibus, anfractibus decern ad 

 duodecim, spiraliter striato-sulcatis, superne oblique 

 plicatis, ultimo subventricoso ; aperlurd ovatd. 



The indefinite Melania. Shell turriculated, green- 

 olive, sutures yellowish, whorls ten to twelve, spirally 

 striately grooved, obliquely puckered round the upper 

 part, last whorl rather ventricose ; aperture ovate. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 187. 



Hab. Naga, Island of Luzon, Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 

 Sandwich Islands (sub nomine M. Newcombi) ; Pease. 



I see no difference between the Sandwich and Philip- 

 pine Islands' specimens excepting that the first are rather 

 more puckered at the sutures. 



Species 57 (Fig. 57 and 58, Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania acutissima. Mel. testa acute subulatd, nigri- 

 cante-olivaced,fiammisfuscis brevibus infra suturas in- 

 ternum pictd, anfractibus decern ad duodecim, plano- 

 convexis, decussatim striatis, ad marginem funiculatis ; 

 aperlurd ovatd, margine columellari calloso-excavatis. 



The very sharp Melania. Shell sharply subulate, 

 blackish-olive, sometimes painted beneath the sutures 

 with short brown flames, whorls ten to twelve, flatly 

 convex, decussately striated, corded at the margin ; 

 aperture ovate, columellar margin callously excavated. 



Von dem Busch, Malak. Blitt. vol. v. p. 33. 



Hab. ? 



The spire of this species is rather more attenuately 



drawn out than usual. 



