M E L A N I A . 



Plate XL 



Species 59. (Mus. Benson.) 



Melania terebra. Mel. testa turriculatd, solidiusculd, 

 fiiseo-olivaced, immaculatd, anfraetibus octo ad decern, 

 rot Hilda th, hiribus, superne declivi-impressis ; aper- 

 turd pared, margine columellari calloso-reflexo. 



The auger Melania. Shell turriculated, rather solid, 

 brownish-olive, unspotted, whorls eight to ten, 

 rounded, smooth, slopingly impressed round the 

 upper part ; aperture small, columellar margin cal- 

 lously reflected. 



Benson, Jouru. Acad. Nat. Sci. Calcutta, 1836, vol. v. p. 

 747. 

 Melania torquata, V. d. Busch. 



Hab. North-east frontier of Bengal ; Benson. 



A rather solid, smooth shell, of slender growth, with 

 the whorls rounded and rather flatly sloping from the 

 sutures. 



Species 60. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Samoensis. Mel. testa tereti, tenuiculd, luteo- 

 otivaced, nigricante-cinereo latifasciatd, infra suluras 

 rufo-fuseo breviflammatd, anfraetibus octo ad decern, 

 latis, spiraliter dense striato-sulcatis, ad murginein fu- 

 niculatis ; ajiertiird subangustd, margine columellari 

 calloso-incurvo. 



The Samoe Melania. Shell terete, rather thin, yel- 

 lowish-olive, encircled by a broad blackish-ash band, 

 with short red-brown flames beneath the sutures, 

 whorls eight to ten, broad, spirally densely groove- 

 striated, corded at the margin ; aperture rather nar- 

 row, columellar margin callously incurved. 



Ilab. Isle of Samoe, Pacific ; Cuming. 



A well-defined species, of light substance, and rather 

 slender growth, closely finely grooved throughout. The 

 whorls are encircled round the middle with a dark-ash 

 band, and above it is a fringe of red-brown flames upon a 

 yellowish-olive ground. 



Species 61. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania luctuosa. Mel. testa pyramidali-tereti, soli- 

 diuscula, olivaced, obscure rnfo-fiisco oblique breviflam- 

 matd, anfraetibus decern ad undecim, medio coucavius- 

 culis, margine funiculatis, spiraliter sulcatis, liris iu- 

 termediis planalis ; aperturd pared, subtrigono-ovatd. 



The mournful Melania. Shell pyramidally terete, 

 rather solid, olive, obscurely obliquely short-flamed 



with red-brown, whorls ten to eleven, rather concave 

 round the middle, corded at the margin, spirally 

 grooved, intermediate ridges flattened ; aperture 

 small, somewhat triangularly ovate. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 56. pi. 15. f. 1. 



Hab. Feejee Islands ; Hinds. 



Of the same general typical character as the preceding 

 Pacific species, but quite distinct in detail. The shell is 

 of a solid growth, with the whorls concavely contracted 

 round the middle, and more prominently spirally grooved 

 throughout. 



Species 62. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania subula. Mel. testa acute subulatd, livido-oli- 

 vaced, ciuereo-fusco tinctd, suturis luteolis, flammis 

 rnfls brevibus desceudeittibus, anfraetiis ultimi basi lu- 

 teold, anfraetibus diiodecim ad tredecim, primis spira- 

 liter punctatu-sulculis, suicis versus apertnrain. grada- 

 liui evauidis ; aperturd parviiisculd, margine columel- 

 lari calloso-incurvo. 



The awl Melania. Shell sharply subulate, livid-olive, 

 stained with ash-brown, sutures yellowish, with short 

 red flames descending, base of the last whorl yellow- 

 ish, whorls twelve to thirteen, the first spirally punc- 

 ture-grooved, grooves gradually disappearing towards 

 the aperture; aperture rather small, columellar mar 

 gin callously incurved. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S50, p. 181. 



Hab. Ilo-Ilo, Isle of Panay, Philippines (in a small river) ; 

 Cuming. 



The basal extremity of this sharply subulate shell and 

 the upper margin of each whorl at the suture are of a 

 light-yellowish colour, almost white, while the rest is of a 

 livid smoky-olive. 



Species 63. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania canalis. Mel. testa subulatd, subvenfricosd, 

 virescente-luted, obscure rufo-fusco punctata et brevi- 

 flammatd, anfractu ultimo prope basin fusco latifas- 

 ciato, anfraetibus decern ad duodecim, conve.ris, longi- 

 tudina/iler rude subplicatis, spiraliter sulcatis, suicis 

 versus aperturam subevanidis, suturis impressis ; aper- 

 turd ovatd, basi subeffusd. 



The canal Melania. Shell subulate, rather ventricose, 

 greenish-yellow, obscurely dotted and short-fiamed 

 with red-brown, last whorl encircled near the base 



December, 1859. 



