M E L A N I A . 



Plate XXIV. 



Species 167. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming, Fig. b, 

 Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania semigranosa. Mel. testa ovatd, solidiiiscula, 

 tenebroso-olwaced, fusco fasciatd ant lineatd, anfrac- 

 tibus quinque ad sex, superne brevi-angtdaMs, granis 

 quadratis bi-triseriatim cingulatis, deinde lavilms ; 

 aperturd ovata, labro columellari calloso-reflewo. 



The half-grained Melania. Shell ovate, rather solid, 

 dark-olive, banded or liueated with brown, whorls 

 five to six, shortly angled round the upper part, and 

 encircled with two or three rows of square grains, then 

 smooth ; aperture ovate, eolumellar lip callously re- 

 flected. 



Von dem Busch, Philippi, Abbild. und Besch. Conch, 

 vol. i. p. 2. pi. 1. f. 13. 



Hab. Java. 



This species is very closely allied to M. lateritia of the 

 preceding Plate, but has no granular sculpture upon the 

 lower part of the shell, which is, moreover, encircled with 

 black bands or lines. 



Species 168. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania verrucosa. Mel. testa anguste acuminata, oli- 

 vaced, anfractibus septem ad oclo, declivi-planalis, 

 granis quadratic peramplis obsoletis cingulatis, iuter- 

 stitiis crispato-striatis ; aperturd pared, columella cat- 

 loso-incurvd. 



The warty Melania. Shell narrowly acuminated, 

 olive, whorls seven to eight, slopingly flattened, en- 

 circled with large square obsolete grains, interstices 

 crisp-striated ; aperture small, columella callously in- 

 curved. 



Hinds, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xiv. p. 8. 



Ilab. New Ireland ; Hinds. 



A slenderly acuminated shell, in which the grains com- 

 mon to this type, take the form of large, smooth, superficial 

 warts. 



Species 169. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania crenifera. Mel. testa acute acuminata, te- 

 nuiculd, fusco-olivaced, anfractibus novem ad decern, 

 plano-cuuvexis, nudique valide grano-liratis ; aperturd 

 parvd, columella calloso-incurvd. 



The crenated Melania. Shell sharply acuminated, 

 rather thin, fuscous-olive, whorls nine to ten, flatly 

 convex, strongly grain-ridged throughout ; aperture 

 small, columella callously incurved. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 192. 



Hab. Java (in a small river). 



Of lighter structure, more slenderly acuminated than 

 the preceding species, strongly grained throughout. 



Species 170. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania lyrata. Mel. testa ovato-conicd, solidiiiscula, 

 olivaced, fusco-lineald, anfractibus octo, declivi-cou- 

 vexis, liris fuscis distantibus cingulatis, quorum supe- 

 rioribus granalis ; aperturd ovatd, columella calloso- 

 incurvd. 



The harp-strung Melania. Shell ovately conical, ra- 

 ther solid, olive, brown-lineated, whorls eight, slop- 

 ingly convex, encircled with distant brown ridges, of 

 which the upper ones are grained ; aperture ovate, 

 columella callously incurved. 



Menke, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Sikkim-Himalaya ; Bacon. 



An interesting variety of the M. lateritia type, which 

 abounds in Java and the Philippine Islands. It runs, 

 perhaps, still more closely into M. semigranosa. 



Species 171. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Luzoniensis. Mel. testa ovatd, temiiculd, te- 

 nebroso-olivaced, ad suturas lulescente, anfractibus 

 quinque ad sex, conve.riusculis, liris latiusculis super- 

 ficiariis cingulatis, inters/it lis crispato-striatis ; aper- 

 turd ovatd, columella calloso-effusd, fauce fusco-fas- 

 ciatd. 



The Luzon Melania. Shell ovate, rather thin, dark- 

 olive, yellowish at the sutures, whorls five to six, ra- 

 ther convex, encircled with rather broad superficial 

 ridges, the interstices between which are crisp-striated ; 

 aperture ovate, columella callously effused, interior 

 brown -banded. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850, p. 188. 



JIafj. Calanang, Province of Baic, Island of Luzon, Philip- 

 pines ; Cuming. 



January, 1860. 



