M E L A N I A . 



Plate XIX. 



Species 132. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania spadicea. Mel. testa fusiformi-conicd, solidi- 

 usculd, spadicea, anfractibus sex ad septem, declivi-con- 

 vexis, undique regulariter dense liratis; aperturd ob- 

 longo-ovatd, ad basin effusd, htbro columellari teuue 

 rejlexo. 



Tue bay Melania. Shell fusiformly conical, rather 

 solid, bay-coloured, whorls six to seven, slopingly 

 convex, regularly closely ridged throughout ; aperture 

 oblong-ovate, effused at the base, columellar lip thinly 

 reflected. 



Rah. ? 



Of a light-bay colour, strongly characterized throughout 

 by a regular sculpture of fine encircling ridges. 



Species 133. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Sallei. Mel. testa oblongo-conicd, subcylindra- 

 ced, versus basin gibbosd, solidd, olivaced, purpurea 

 profuse* strigatd et maculatd, anfractibus sex ad sep- 

 tem,, declivi-convexis ; aperturd ovatd, ad basin effusd, 

 columella superne callosd, in/erne calloso-reflexd. 



Salle's Melania. Shell oblong-conical, somewhat cylin- 

 drical, gibbous towards the base, solid, olive, pro- 

 fusely streaked and spotted with purple, whorls six to 

 seven, slopingly convex ; aperture ovate, somewhat 

 effused at the base, columella callous at the upper 

 part, callously reflected at the lower. 



Hab. Central America. 



A prettily painted species of the Pachyehilus type, 

 closely allied to M. Icevissima, but uniformly smaller. Of 

 the three specimens figured in our Plate, the first is from 

 Mexico, the second from Florida, and the third was col- 

 lected by the enterprising traveller and naturalist M. Salle, 

 at La Guavra, Venezuela. 



Species 134. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania fcenaria. Mel. testa subpyramidali-oblongd, 

 solidd, luteo-olivaced, rufo-ferrugineo unizonatd, an- 

 fractibus septem ad octo, declivi-planatis, sub lente un- 

 dique dense minutissime granulatis, anfraetu ultimo 

 medio obsolete angulato ; aperturd ovatd, parviusculd, 

 ad basin effusd, labro fiisro-margiiiato. 



The hay-coloured Melania. Shell somewhat pyra- 

 midally oblong, solid, yellowish-olive, encircled with a 

 zone of reddish-rust, whorls seven to eight, slopingly 

 flattened, beneath the lens everywhere densely very 

 minutely granuled, last whorl obsoletely angled in the 

 middle ; aperture ovate, rather small, effused at the 

 base, lip brown-edged. 



Hab. ? 



Nothing is known of the habitat of this well-defined 

 species. The surface is densely shagreened throughout, 

 and the lip is characteristically edged with brown. 



Species 135. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania corvina. Mel. testa ovatd, subventricosd, oli- 

 vaced ant purpureo-castaned, interdum obsolete macu- 

 latd, suturis albidis ; aperturd vivide purpureo-casta- 

 ned j anfractibus septem, rapide accrescentibus, convexis, 



sub lente minute s/ria/is, anfraetu ultimo antice ascen- 

 deule ; columella superne callosd, inferne calloso-in- 

 curvd. 



The crow Melania. Shell ovate, rather ventricose, 

 olive or purplish-chestnut, sometimes mottled, sutures 

 whitish; aperture bright purple-chestnut; whorls seven, 

 increasing rapidly, convex, beneath the lens minutely 

 striated, last whorl ascending in front; columella cal- 

 lous at the upper part, callously incurved at the lower. 



Mouelet, Test. Nov. Amer. Cent, part 1. p. 26. 



Hab. Vera Paz, Central America. 



A species of short, ventricose growth, well distinguished 

 by the rich purple-chestnut colouring of the aperture. 

 which is conspicuous also along the edge of the columellar 

 callosity. 



Species 13C. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania lacunata. Mel. testa tereti-subulatd, solidd, 

 nigricante-olivaced, obsolete strigatd, anfractibus novem 

 ad decern, eonvexis, spiraliter lira/o-striatis, hie illic 

 obscure plicato-varicosis ; aperturd parviusculd, colu- 

 mella calloso-incurvd, ad basin lacunata. 



The spouted Melania. Shell teretely subulate, solid, 

 blackish-olive, obsoletely streaked, whorls nine to ten, 

 convex, spirally ridge-striated, here and there ob- 

 scurely plicately varicose ; aperture rather small, co- 

 lumella callously incurved, slightly spouted at the 

 base. 



Hab. ? 



Resembling M. Zargillierti, but more terete, and ridge- 

 striated, whilst the aperture is more spouted at the base. 



Fig. 137. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



This very interesting species belongs more properly to 

 the 1'ibex division of the genus, and is described, along 

 with its allies, from a more characteristic example in Mr, 

 Cuming's collection, at Plate XXX. 



January, 1860. 



