M E L A N I A . 



Plate XXI. 



Species 146. (Fig. a, b, Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania oenata. Mel. testa subulato-ovatd, versus ba- 

 sin obtusi angulatd, olivaceo-virente, maeulis castaneis 

 olliqul quadratic distantibus infra suturas cingulald, 

 anfractibus paucis, declivi-planatis, crispato-striatis ; 

 aperturd parviusculd, columella callosd. 



The ornate Melania. Shell subulately ovate, obtusely 

 angled towards the base, olive-green, encircled be- 

 neath the sutures with distant, obliquelv squared, 

 cliestnut spots, whorls few, slopingly flattened, crisply 

 striated ; aperture rather small, columella callous. 



Piiilippi, Abbild. and Besch. Conch, vol. i. p. 4. pi. 1. 

 f. 15, 10. 



Ilab. Java. 



Well characterized by its encircling fillet of obliquelj 

 square, distant, bright-chestnut spots, which, however, 

 are rendered obscure by age. 



Species 147. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania feeeuginea. Mel. testa ovatd, tenuiculd, cas- 

 tameo-fuscd, anfractibus sex ad septem, rotundatis, lee- 



vilius ; aperlura ri)ln>idfilo-nr,ald, sini/i/iei. 



The kusty Melania. Shell ovate, rather thin, chestnut- 

 brown, whorls six to seven, rounded, smooth ; aper- 

 ture rotundately ovate, simple. 



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



nab. ? 



A slight Paludina-\ike species, of the simplest possible 

 character. 



Species 148. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania simplex. Mel. testa turriculatd, <td apicem al- 

 ien ua/.d, solidiusculd, olivaced, anfractibus novum ad 

 decern, rotund alii, verms apicem obscure van- .> ■ . 

 aperturd parvd, labro columellari ad basin callom-re- 

 Jle.ro. 



The simple Melania. Shell turriculated, attenuated 

 at the apex, rather solid, olive, whorls nine to ten, 

 rounded, obscurely varicose towards the apex ; aper- 

 ture small, columellar lip callously reflected at the 

 base. 



Say, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Ilab. Tennessee, United States. 



A small solid species, more than usually attenuated at 

 the apex, of the I'arhi/eliilus type. 



Species 149. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Melama Clminoii. Mel. It-slti. nlongalo-turrirulald. so- 

 lii/iusru/d, Ireri. eiuereo-o/i.raeed, fusco nebulatd an 



fraclibus undeeim, convexis; aperturd parvd, rotun- 

 datd, oblique" effusd, fuscescente, columella superne cal- 

 lo a 



Cuming's Melania. Shell elongately turriculated. ra- 

 ther solid, smooth, ash-olive, clouded with brown 

 whorls eleven, convex ; aperture small, rounded, 

 obliquely effused, brownish, columella callous at the 

 upper part. 



Pachychilus Cumingii, Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. L850, p. 179. 



Hub. Copan, Central America (in large riversj ; Cuming. 

 Of the same subgeneric type as M. Ufvissima and Sallei, 



more attenuately coiled. 



Species 150. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Melania graph km. Mel. testa elongato-subulatd, te- 

 nuiculd, subrugosd vel malleatd, inlerdum spiraliter 

 p Inula, livido-cinered, versus apicem. purpureo-fusco 

 tinctd, (infract lima novem ad decent, subrotuniatit ,• 

 aperlura ovatd, ad basin, subeffusd. 

 The graver Melania. Shell elongately subulate, ra- 

 ther thin, subrugose or malleated, sometimes spirally 

 plicated, livid-ash, stained towards the apex with 

 purple-brown, whorls nine to ten, somewhat rounded ; 

 aperture ovate, a little effused at the base. 

 Morelet, Test. Nov. Amer. Cent, part 1. p. 20. 

 Ilab. Vera Paz, Central America. 



Of rather slight substance, and livid-ash colour, vari- 

 ously malleated, and spirally plicately ridged, the ridges 

 being more or less obsolete. The columella and apex are 

 stained with purple-rust. 



Species 151. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania scelptilis. Mel. testa elongato-tereti, wlidd, 

 luteo-olivaced, castaneo-fusco strigatd el maeulald, an- 

 fraclibus numerosis, declivi-planis, undique minute spi- 

 raliter lineari-scu/plis, ad suturas contraclis ,• aperturd 

 parvd, subrotundald, columella ad basin calloso-effusd. 



January, 1860. 



