MELANIA.— Plate XIII. 



Species 85. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania incisa. Mel. testa tereti, solidiuscidd, vires- 

 cente-olivaced, mfo undique breviflammatd, anfractibus 

 novem ad decern, subplanulatis, spiraliter tenuis lineari- 

 sulcatis ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd. 



The engraved Melania. Shell terete, rather solid, 

 greenish-olive, sbort-flauied with red throughout, 

 whorls nine to ten, rather flat, spirally finely linearly 

 grooved ; aperture oblong-ovate. 



Hab. Solomon's Island. 



A shell of rather more solid growth than the terete 

 Philippine species to which it has some resemblance, and 

 the whorls are spirally engraved with very regular, rather 

 distant linear grooves. 



Species 86. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 

 Melania gemmulata. Mel. testa subnlato-titrritd, nigra, 

 anfractibus decern, ad undecim, convexis, undique se- 

 rin tint granatin, ultimo ad basin tenuilirato ,• aperturd 

 parvd. 

 The beaded Melania. Shell subulately turreted, 

 black, whorls ten to eleven, convex, serially grained 

 throughout, last whorl finely ridged at the base ; 

 aperture small. 

 Melania pgramis, Busch (not of Benson), Abbild. und 

 Besch. Couch, vol. ii. p. 172. pi. 4. f. 16. 



Hab. ? 



The spiral ridge of this species is cut up into conspi- 

 cuous grains throughout by an uninterrupted succession of 

 longitudinal grooves. 



Species 87. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Melania tuberculata. Mel. testa subulato-turritd, oli- 



vaced, rufo-punctatd, anfractibus novem, ad decern, con- 

 vexis, undique tuberculato-liratis, liris subdistantibus, 

 anfractibus primis longitudinaliter plicatis; aperturd 

 parvd, ovatd. 



The tubercled Melania. Shell subulately turreted, 

 olive, red-dotted, whorls nine to ten, convex, tuber- 

 cularly ridged throughout, ridges rather distant, the 

 early whorls longitudinally plicated ; aperture small, 

 ovate. 



Nerita tuberculata, Miiller, Verm. p. 191. 

 Melanoides fascial ata, Olivier. 

 Melania fasciolata, Lamarck. 



Hab. Egypt. 



An extremely variable species, of which it will be neces- 

 sary to give some varieties. 



Species 88. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania carbonata. Mel. testa subulatd, solidiusculd, 

 sub epidermide castaneo-nigrd obscure rufo-flammatd, 



anfractibus decern ad undecim, primis decussatim pli- 

 catis, cceteris -minute decussatim striatis ; aperturd 

 ovatd, ail basin latiusculd. 



The charcoal Melania. Shell subulate, rather solid, 

 faintly red-flamed beneath a chestnut-black epidermis, 

 whorls ten to eleven, the first decussately plicated, 

 the rest minutely decussately striated ; aperture ovate, 

 rather broad at the base. 



Hab. ? 



Apparently a smooth black shell, but on closer inspec- 

 tion it will be found to be obscurely red-flamed beneath 

 the epidermis, whilst the early whorls are finely latticed. 



