MELANIA.— Plate XVI. 



appearance, from the superficial ribs being denuded of their 

 epidermis. 



Species 115. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Gouldiana. Mel. testa turriculatd, soUdins- 

 culd, intense olivaced, infra suturas nigro-purpureo ob- 

 scure maculatd, anfractibus novem ad decern, primis 

 longitudinaliter plicatis et spiraliter lineari-sulcatis, 

 cceteris lavibus, sulcis gradatim obsoletis ; aperturd 

 parviuscnld. 



Gould's Melania. Shell turriculated, rather solid, dark- 

 olive, obscurely spotted beneath the sutures with 

 blackish-purple, whorls nine to ten, the first longitu- 

 dinally plicated and spirally linearly grooved, the rest 

 smooth, with the grooves gradually obsolete ; aper- 

 ture rather small. 



Hob. New Caledonia. 



A solid turriculated species, very closely allied in detail 

 of character, though not in form, to M. perpinguis. 



Species 116. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania impdra. Mel. testa ovald, subcylindraced, so- 

 lidd, ohvaceo-viridi, anfractibus paucis, declivi-planu- 

 latis, Icevibns, superne angulatis, suturis valde impres- 

 sis ; aperturd ovatd, basi subeffusd. 



The impure Melania. Shell ovate, subcylindrical, 

 solid, olive-green, whorls few, slopingly flattened, 

 smooth, angular in the upper part, sutures very much 

 impressed ; aperture ovate, a little effused at the base. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 182. 



Hab. Naza, Province of South Camarines, Island of Lu- 

 zon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A rather short, solid species, chiefly distinguished by a 

 strongly-marked spiral angular shelf on the sutural mar- 

 gins of the whorls. 



