MEL ANI A. 



Plate XXVIII. 



Species 189. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania fastigiella. Mel. testa acutissime pyramidali- 

 lurritd, lutescente-fuscd, an/ractibus duodecim ad tre- 

 decim, prirnis spiraliter liratis et longitudinaliter ob- 

 lique costatis, cceteris medio angulato-carinatis, ad ca- 

 rinam squamato-tuberculatis ; aperturd pared, late 

 ovatd, columella calloso-effusd et truncatd. 



The minaret Melania. Shell very sharply pyramidally 

 turreted, yellowish-brown, whorls twelve to thirteen, 

 the first spirally ridged and longitudinally obliquely 

 ribbed, the rest angularly keeled round the middle, 

 squamately tubercled on the keel ; aperture small, 

 broadly ovate, columella callously effused and trun- 

 cated. 



Hub. ? 



Very distinct in its detail of sculpture from the better- 

 known species which follow. The shell is much more 

 slenderly convoluted, and the sculpture of the early whorls 

 consists of close-set, oblique ribs. On the last three 

 whorls the periphery becomes tubercled, and the tubercles 

 are sheathed in a distinct scale. 



Species 190. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania aurita. Mel. testa acute pyramidali-turritd, 

 solidd, fulvd aut luted, fascia nigro-castaned conspicud 

 cingulatd, aiifractibus decern ad duodecim, spiraliter 

 liratis et atria tin, iuberculis compressis obtusis adperi- 

 plieriam prominente armatis ; aperturd parviusculd, 

 ovatd, ad basin subeffusd, labro superne emarginato, 

 columella calloso-reflexd. 



The eared Melania. Shell sharply pyramidally tur- 

 reted, solid, fulvous or yellow, encircled with a con- 

 spicuous blackish-chestnut band, whorls ten to twelve, 

 spirally ridged and striated, armed at the periphery 

 with prominent, compressed, obtuse tubercles; aper- 

 ture rather small, ovate, a little effused at the base, 

 lip notched at the upper part, columella callously re- 

 flected. 



Nerita aurita, Muller, Verm. p. 192. n. 879. 



Sfrovibiis tympanorum, Chemnitz. 



Bulimus auritus, Bruguiere. 



Strombus auritus, Gmelin. 



Pirena aurita, Lamarck. 



Melania tympanotus, Deshayes. 



Melania aurita, Ferussac. 

 Ilab. West Africa. 



Of this well-known, prettily painted, and prettily sculp- 

 tured species, an admirable figure, with the living animal, 

 was published by M. Hang, in 1S32, in Guerin's ' Magasin 

 de Zoologie.' 



Species 191. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania tuberculosa. Mel. testa pyramidali-turritd, 

 erased, obesd, olivaceo-brunned, an/ractibus duodecim 

 ad quatuordecim aut pluribus, spiraliter liratis et in- 

 terdum granatis, medio creberrime tuberculatis, tuber- 

 culis subcompressis, obtusis, valde irregularibus, inter- 

 dum autem raro bifurcatis, anfractus ultimi parte in- 

 feriori conspicue muricato-granatd ; aperturd ovatd, 

 labro emarginato, columella calloso-reflexd. 



The tubercled Melania. Shell pyramidally turreted, 

 thick, stout, olive-brown, whorls twelve to fourteen 

 or more, spirally ridged and sometimes grained, very 

 crowdedly tubercled in the middle, tubercles sub- 

 compressed, obtuse, very irregular, sometimes, but 

 rarely, bifurcated, lower part of the last whorl con- 

 spicuously prickly-grained ; aperture ovate, lip 

 notched, columella callously reflected. 



Hang, Guerin's Mag. de Zool. 1832, Moll. pi. 13. 

 Melania Owenii, nonnul. 



Hub. West Africa (in company with Galathea); Rang. 



A much stouter and more densely tubercled species than 

 the preceding, with an animal, according to M. Rang's 

 interesting figure, of a different colour. 



January, 1860. 



