MELANIA.— Plate XXVI. 



thin, horny, dotted with purple brown, whorls nine 

 to ten, spirally finely ridged, slopingly angled round 

 the upper part, rather profusely denticulately spined ; 

 aperture ovate. 



Lea, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1350, p. 107. 



Hub. Island of Guimaras, Philippines. 



This elegant species, described by Mr. Lea, from a small 

 specimen, runs clearly into the following. 



Species 183. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania scabka. Mel. testa ovatd, interdum subelon- 

 gatd, tenuiculd, fmcescente-olivaced, pmpureo-ferru- 

 gineo punctata el interdum slrigatd, anfraciibus sep- 

 tem ad novem, spiraliter hueaualiter striato-liraiis, 

 superne declivi-angulatk, ad angulum aculealo-spii/o- 



sis, spi/iis in varicibus paulo descendentibus ; aperturd 

 ovatd. 



The scabrous Melania. Shell ovate, sometimes a 

 little elongated, rather thin, brownish-olive, dotted, 

 and sometimes streaked with purple-rust, whorls seven 

 to nine, spirally unequally striately ridged, slopingly 

 angled round the upper part, prickly spined at the 

 angle, spines a little descending in varices ; aperture 

 ovate. 



Buccinum scab rum, Miiller, verm. p. 136. 

 Bulhuus scaber, Bruguiere. 

 Melania scabra, Ferussac. 

 Helix aspera, Dillwyn. 



Hub. Mauritius and Seychelles. 



A shell of very light substance, and of rather broader 

 proportions than the rest of this type. 



