MELANIA.— Plate XVII. 



Species 122. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania forulata. Mel. testa subulatd, ventricosius- 

 cttld, virente-olivaced, subpellucidd, rufo-fusco sparsim 

 flammatd, anfractibus novem ad decern, spiraliter re- 

 mote lineari-sulcatis, primis obscure plicatis, cateris 

 Itsvibm ; aperturd abbreviato-ovatd, margine columel- 

 lari c urvo. 



The furrowed Melania. Shell subulate, rather ven- 

 tricose, greenish-olive, somewhat transparent, sparsely 

 flamed with red-brown, whorls nine to ten, spirally 

 distantly linearly grooved, the first whorls obscurely 

 plicated, the rest smooth; aperture shortly ovate, 

 columellar margin callously incurved. 



Hab. - ? 



Characterized by a mode of spiral grooving in which 

 the grooves are unusually distant from each other, and the 

 painting consists only of a few peculiarly straggling dark- 

 red Haines. 



Species 123. (Mus. Van Heukelom.) 



Melania Heukelomiana. Mel. testa subanguste turri- 

 Id, solidiusculd, olivaceo-fussd, anfractibus plano-con- 

 vexis, longitudinaliter valide costatis, cos/is superne 

 nodulatis, suturis impressis, costis versus aperturam 

 .'/im evanidis, liris spiralibus obesis decussatim 

 iis ; aperturd oratd, margine columellari calloso- 

 incurvo. 



Heckelom's Melania. Shell somewhat narrowly lur- 

 reted, rather solid, olive-brown, whorls flatly convex, 

 longitudinally strongly ribbed, ribs noduled at the 

 upper extremity, with the sutures impressed, ribs 

 gradually fading towards the aperture, where they 

 are decussately noduled with stout spiral ridges ; 

 aperture ovate, columellar margin callously incurved. 



Hab. ? 



Neither Mr. Cuming's uor Dr. Von dem Busch's collec- 

 tion has any Melania in it with which the above interest- 

 ing species can be identified. It has been kindly contri- 

 buted by M. Van Heukelom, an assiduous collector, of 

 Amsterdam, after whom I avail myself of the pleasure of 

 naming it. 



Species 124. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania biflammata. Mel. testa subulatd, virente- 

 olivaced, rufo-fusco biseriatim flammatd, anfractibus 

 plano-convexis, lacibxs, spiraliter subconfertim line- 



ari-iucisis ; aperturd acuta. 



The double-flamed Melania. Shell subulate, green- 

 ish-olive, encircled with two rows of red-brown 

 flames, whorls flatly convex, smooth, spirally rather 

 closely linearly engraved ; aperture ovate. 



Hab. ? 



Of somewhat transparent substance, encircled through- 

 out with two neat rows of red-brown flames. 



Species 125. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Japonica. Mel. testa oratd, solidiuscula 



vaced, cinereo-purpureo pallide bifasciald, anfractibus 

 sex ad septem, declivi-convexis, spiraliter dense elevato- 

 striatis • aperturd subangustd, ad basin subproductd. 



The Japan Melania. Shell ovate, rather solid, olive, 

 encircled with two faint ash-purple bands, whorls six 

 to seven, slopiugly convex, spirally densely elevatebj 

 striated ; aperture rather narrow, slightly produced at 

 the base. 



flab. Japan. 



A solid, fusiformly conical shell, closely ridge-striated 

 throughout, and encircled with two ash-purple bauds, 

 which are rather conspicuous in the interior. 



