MELANIA.— Plate XXXII. 



Dohrn, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 133. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



A boldly-developed species of the spined type de- 

 scribed and figured in Plate XXVI. 



Species 214. (Mas. Cuming.) 

 Melania strobilus. Mel. testa oblongo-conoided, sub- 

 obesd, fulvo-olivaced, spird breviusculd, anfractibns 

 septem ad octo, superne plicato-tuberculatis, tuberculin 

 angiisfis, subacutis; aperturd parviusculd, angustd. 

 The artichoke Melania. Shell oblong-conoid, rather 

 stout, fulvous-olive, spire rather short, whorls seven 

 to eight, plicately tubercled round the upper part, 

 tubercles narrow, rather sharp ; aperture rather small, 

 narrow. 

 Hab. Seville. 



The tubercles with which this cylindrically stout, short- 

 spired species is coronated are sometimes prolonged into 

 longitudinally flowing ribs. 



Species 215. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania mutans. Mel. testa pyramidali-lurritd, sub- 

 angustd, mgricante-fusca, anfractibus concavo-planatis, 

 liris valide spiraliter funiculatis, oblique plicato-gra- 

 nulatis, lira infra suturam sape prominente ; aperturd 

 parvd, utrinque sinuatd. 



The changing Melania. Shell pyramidally turreted, 

 rather narrow, blackish-brown, whorls concavely flat- 

 tened, strongly spirally corded with ridges, obliquely 

 plicately granuled, ridge beneath the suture fre- 

 quently prominent, aperture small, sinuated above 

 and below. 



Godld, MS. in Mus. V. d. Buseh. 



Hab. Cape Palmas, West Africa. 



A very characteristic species, yet it passes very nearly 

 into the Senegal M. fusca. 



pale-fulvous, neatly filleted throughout with fulvous- 

 brown, whorls five, rounded, longitudinally varicosely 

 ribbed, broadly excavated at the suture ; aperture 

 ovate, columella callous, ivory-white. 



Woodward, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, pi. 47. f, 4. 



Hab. Lake Tanganyika, Central Africa ; Captain Speke. 



A little Whelk-like species of quite a new type, coUected 

 by Captain Speke in Central Africa, on the shores of the 

 great Lake, or rather inland sea, of Tanganyika. 



Species 216. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Melania Nassa. Mel. testa subglobosd, solid 'iusculd, 

 fulvesceute, fulvo-fusco undique nitide vittatd, anfrac- 

 tibus quitique, rotundatis, longitudinaliter varicoso- 

 coslatis, ad suturam late excavatis ; aperturd ovald, 

 columella callosd, eburned. 

 The Nassa Melania. Shell subglobose, rather solid, 



Species 217. (.Mus. Benson.) 



Melania zonata. Mel. testa globoso-conoided, luteo- 

 olivaced, fasciis duabus rnfo-fuscis in/erne cingulatd, 

 aufractibus quatuor ad quinque, decliri-roluiidatis, 

 subinflatis, l&vigatis, aid longitudinaliter corrugato- 

 slriatis ; aperturd ovatd, ad basin subeffusd. 



The zoned Melania. Shell globosely conoid, yellow- 

 ish-olive, encircled round the lower part with two 

 bands of red-brown, whorls four to five, slopingly 

 rounded, somewhat inflated, smooth, or longitudi- 

 nally wrinkle-striated ; aperture ovate, slightly effused 

 at the base. 



Benson, Journ. Asiatic Soc. 1836, vol. v. p. 747. 



Hab. North-east frontier of Bengal ; Benson. 



Singularly enough, Mr. Benson and Dr. Von dem Busch 



described this shell, independently of each other, under 



the same name. Mr. Benson had, however, the priority 



by six years. 



Species 218. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania porracea. Mel. testa cylindraceo-tnrritd, vi- 

 rescente-olivaced, nigricante promiscue strigatd, an- 

 fractibus convexo-declivibus, ad suturam obtuse a.ngu- 

 lalis, laeibus, superne minute marginalia ,• aperturd 

 ovatd, parviusculd, columella arcna/o-coutortd. 



The leek Melania. Shell cylindrically turreted, green- 

 ish-olive, promiscuously streaked with black, whorls 

 convexly sloping, obtusely angled at the suture, 

 smooth, minutely margined round the upper part ; 

 aperture ovate, rather small, columella arcuately 

 twisted. 



Hab. ? 



This species partakes rather of the Pacliycheilus type of 



the geuus, and comes near to M. murrea. It is not of 



the same sharply pyramidal form. 



