MELANIA. 



Plate XXXIII. 



Species 219. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania granum. Mel. testa ovato-turritd, tenui, fusco- 

 olivaced, rufo-brunneo obscure punctata, anfraetibus 

 quatuor ad quinque, litis tsquidistantibus spiraliter 

 funiculatis, superne late angulatis, ad angulum muri- 

 cato-plicatis ,- aperturd ovatd. 



The grain Melania. Shell ovately turretecl, thin, fus- 

 cous-olive, obscurely dotted with red-brown, whorls 

 four to five, spirally corded with equidistant ridges, 

 broadly angled round the upper part, prickly pli- 

 cated at the angle ; aperture ovate. 



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

 vol. i. p. 4. pi. 1. f. 7. 



Hah. Java. 



Distinguished from M. scabra, to which it has a general 

 resemblance, in being corded throughout with rather dis- 

 tant ridges, which are obscurelv red-dotted. 



Species 220. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania pallida. Mel. testa subulato-conoided, solidi- 

 usculd, lutescente-olivaced, anfraetibus sex, convexo- 

 planatis, lavibus vri minutissime striatis ,• aperturd 

 pared, ad basin subsinuatd, columella lenue reflexd. 



The pale Melania. Shell subulately conoid, rather 

 solid, yellowish-olive, whorls six, convexly flattened, 

 smooth or very minutely striated ; aperture small, 

 slightly siuuated at the base, columella thinly re- 

 flected. 



Gundlach, MS. in Mus. V. d. Busch. 



Hab. Cuba. 



A rather solid shell, of very simple character, smooth, 



but not polished, and on examination with the lens it will 



be found to be minutely spirally striated. 



Species 221. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania crassilabrum. Mel. testa ovatd, crassiusculd, 

 nigricante-olivaced, anfraetibus quatuor ad quinque, 

 convexis, dense spiraliter sulcato-slriatis ; aperturd or- 

 bicular},, suboblique effusd, labro intus incrassato, ca- 



rulescente. 

 The thick-lip Melania. Shell ovate, rather thick, 

 dark olive, whorls four to five, convex, densely spi- 

 rally groove-striated ; aperture orbicular, somewhat 

 obliquely effused, lip thickened within, bluish. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



In this little species the aperture is orbicularly produced 

 in a peculiar manner, and thickened, blue-white within. 



Species 222. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania lentiginosa. Mel. gracili-aeiculari, olivaced, 

 punctis rufis lentiginosa', anfraetibus decern ad duodecim, 

 supra el infra spiraliter lineari-sulcatis, primis dense 

 longitudinaliter plicatisj aperturd parvd, columella 

 ca lloso-exca va Id. 



The freckled Mel inia. Shell slenderly acicular, olive, 

 freckled with red dots, whorls ten to twelve, spirally 

 linearly grooved above and below, the first whorls 

 closely longitudinally plicated ; aperture small, co- 

 lumella callously excavated. 



Hub.- ? 



A delicately-formed well-marked species, in which the 

 earlier whorls are closely thinly plicated. 



Species 223. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania amabilis. Mel. testa acute subnlald.flavicaute, 

 rufo-fusco tenui- Jlainmatd et punctata, anfraetibus 

 plano-declivibus, Itsvigalis, nitentibus ; aperturd ob- 

 longo-ovatd, ad basin subsinuatd, columella appresse 

 arcuatd, nigro-punctatd. 

 The lovely Melania. Shell sharply subulate, yellow- 

 ish, delicately flamed and dotted with red-brown, 

 whorls flatly sloping, smooth, shining; aperture 

 oblong-ovate, a little sinuated at the base, columella 

 appressly arched, black-spotted. 

 Von dem Busch, Malak. Blitt. vol. v. p. 55 (sub no- 

 mine, errore typographico, pulclird). 

 Hab. Celebes. 



The aperture of this species is of an oblong diamond- 

 shape, partaking a little of the sinuated character of He- 

 misinus. 



Species 224. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania rudens. Mel. testa' anguste turriculatd, sor- 

 dide olivaced, anfraetibus rotiiudatis, ail sutnras con- 

 stric/is, spiraliter lirato-strialis, primis valide concen- 

 trice plica tis ; aperturd pa, -co, rotundatd. 



The cable Melania. Shell narrowly turriculated. 

 dull-olive, whorls rounded, constricted at the sutures, 



May, 1800. 



