MEL ANI A. —Plate XXIX. 



Species 196. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Melania transversa. Mel. testa oblongo-turritd, crassd, 

 luteo-olivaced, anfractibus septem ad octo, convexis, 

 longitudinaliter concentrice plicatis, plicis obesis, sub- 

 distantibus, spiraliter liratis, tins confertis, subobtu- 

 sis ; aperturd transverse ovatd, ad basin oblique mar- 

 ginatd, columella calloso-arcnatd. 

 The transverse Melania. Shell obloug-turreted, 

 thick, yellowish-olive, whorls seven to eight, con- 



vex, longitudinally concentrically plicated, folds 

 stout, rather distant, spirally ridged, ridges close- 

 set, and rather obtuse ; aperture transversely ovate, 

 obliquely notched at the base, columella callously 

 arched. 



Hob, ? 



Very closely allied in form and detail to the preceding 

 species, and doubtless from the same locality, but much 

 smaller, and of a more uncouth dwarfed growth. 



