MEL AN I A 



Plate XX. 



Species 1 38. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania murrea. Mel. testa pyramidali-turritd, ioli- 

 diusculd, olivaced, livido-virente linctd et maculatd, 

 anfraetibus novem ad decern, declivi-planatis, inferne 

 angulatis, superne ad marginem funiculatis anfractu 

 ultimo circa columellam lirato ; aperturd ovatd, colu- 

 mella calloso-excavatd. 



The porcelain Melania. Shell pyramidally turreted, 

 rattier solid, olive, stained and blotched with livid- 

 green, whorls nine to ten, slopingly flattened, angled 

 at the lower pari, corded round the upper edgi 

 whorl ridged round the columella ; apertun 

 columella callously excavated. 



Hab. : j 



A very characteristic species of the Central American 

 type, of a neatly defined pyramid-like form, richly painted 

 with green. 



Specii 139. (Mus. V. d, Busch.) 



Melania Liebmanni. Mel. testa cylindraceo-turritd, 

 sordid* olivaced anfraetibus pauci plano-convexis, 

 sub lente minuti time den i triatis, ad utura 

 marginatis .- aperturd ovatd, ad basin effusd, columella 

 calloso-excavatd. 



Liebmann's Melania. Shell cylindrically turreted, dull- 

 olive, whorls few, flatly convex, very minutely closely 

 striated beneath the lens, slightly margined at the 

 sutures : aperture ovate, efl'used at the base, columella 

 callously excavati d. 



Philii'it, A.bbild. und Besch. Conch, vol. iii. p. 58.pl. 5. 

 f. 8. 



Hab. Mexico. 



Of very simple character, and not apparently mature, or 

 a callosity would probably be formed at the upper part of 

 the columella. 



Species 140. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania agkestis. Wei. testa subulato-lurritd, solidd, 

 rugosd, albidd, cinereo-caruleo strigato-tinctd. epider- 



iliiljf ij/iri/rl'd partial iai/a/ii. a /if'raclibuS annua ad dt - 



cem, superne rude angulati deinde planatis ; aperturd 

 ovatd, columella callosd et excavatd. 

 The wild Melania. Shell subulately turreted, solid, 



rough, whitish, stained with streaks of ash-blue, par- 



tially covered with an olive epidermis, whorls 

 ten, rudely angled at the upper part, then flattened ■ 

 aperture ovate, columella callous and excavated. 

 1 1 ah. Borneo. 



Of a much ruder growth than the Central American 

 9 of the same type, but. similar in respect of the 

 aperture and columella. 



Spi cies 111. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania intermedia. !/</ /< id turritd castaneo- 

 olivaced anfraetibus octo ml novem, convexis, lavi&u 

 aperturd late ovatd, parviusculd, columella calli 

 satd. 



Tut; intermediate Melania. Shell turreted, chest 

 olive, whorls eight to nine, convex, smooth ; api 

 broadly ovate, rather small, columella callously exca- 

 vated. 



Von dem Bosch, Philip pi, Abbild. und Besch. Corich. 

 vol. i. p. L60. 



/A///. Lake Nicara 



Closely allied to M. Largillierti but of smaller pro 

 tions, and composed of fewer whorls. 



Species 14:.'. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Guineensis. Mel. testa mbulatd, solidin 



aeo-nigrd, laevigata, nitente, anfractibu m 



declivi-planatis, superne' subinvpn < i ; aperturd ovatd, 

 a,! basin iffasd. 



The Guinea Melania. Shell subulate, rather solid, 

 olive-black, smooth, shining, whorls nine, slopingly 

 flattened, rather impressed at the upper part ; aper- 

 ture ovale, effused at the base. 



Hal,. Coast of Guinea. 



Of very simple character, destitute of any striated or 

 shagreened sculpture. 



Species 11:5. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania sifhonata. Mel. testdfusiformi-conicd, solidd, 

 olivaceo-nigrd, anfraetibus sex ad septem, piraliter 

 den •■ lirato- triatis, uperne declivibus, deinde gibboso- 

 angulatis ; aperturd ovatd, ad ha in productd et 

 lairo columellari tenue reft 



January, I860. 



