MELANI A. 



Plate XXXIV. 



Species 227. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania jEgyptiaca. Mel. testa ovatd, Palvdinaformi, 

 luteo-olivaced, sublivescente, lined rufd unicd, interdum 

 duabus, medio ciuctd, anfractibus quinque, rotundatis, 

 longitudinaliter minute crispato-strialis ; aperturd ro- 

 tundato-ovatd, fauce rufo-fasciata. 



The Egyptian Melania. Shell ovate, Paludina-shaped, 

 yellowish-olive, somewhat livid, encircled round the 

 middle with one, sometimes two, red lines, whorls 

 five, rounded, longitudinally crisp-striated ; aperture 

 rotundately ovate, interior red-banded. 



Benson, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Egypt. 



A small, olive-yellow, red-banded shell, with somewhat 



of the aspect of a Paludina. 



Fig. 228. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The shell here figured is M. coronata, Kiister, M. nodosa 

 and macilenta, Parreyss, but at the suggestion of Dr. Von 

 dem Busch, and with the aid of a series of specimens from 

 his cabinet in different stages of growth, I have no hesita- 

 tion in quoting it as the young of if. Hollandri, Ferussac, 

 of which an adult type is represented below, at Fig. 23-14. 



Species 229. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania livescens. Mel. testa ovato-turritd, olivaceo- 

 luted, plus minus lixido-plunibeo tinctd, anfractibus 

 quinque ad sex, lavibus, ad suturis subdeclivibus, delude 

 plano-rolundatis ; aperturd ovatd, ad basin paululum 

 effusd, fauce parlim castaneo-rufd, labro columellari 

 calloso. 

 The livid Melania. Shell ovately turreted, olive-yellow, 

 stained more or less with livid lead-colour, whorls 

 five to six, smooth, rather sloping at the sutures, then 

 flatly rounded ; aperture ovate, a little effused at the 

 base, interior partially chestnut-red, columcllar lip 

 callous. 

 Menke, Synopsis, second edit. p. 135. 



Melania Niagarensis, Lea. 

 Eab. Lake Erie, Niagara Falls. 



A smooth livid-lead or blue-green shell, yellowish next 

 the sutures, partially stained with chestnut-red in the in- 

 terior and on the callous columella!' lip. 



Species 230. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania siccata. Mel. testa subfusiformi-ovatd, venlri- 

 cosd, olivaceo-viridi, spird brevi, acuta, anfractibus 

 quinque ad sex, Imvibus, ultimo multo majore, inflato, 

 ad sufuram, in juuiore, nigro maculaiis, in tptale in- 

 terdum lineari-sulcatis ; aperturd ovali, ampld, ad basin 

 late effusd. 



The dried Melania. Shell somewhat fusiformly ovate, 

 veutricose, olive-green, spire short, sharp, whorls five 

 to six, smooth, the last much the larger, inflated, in 

 younger specimens spotted with black at the suture, 

 in age linearly grooved at the suture ; aperture oval, 

 large, broadly effused at the base. 



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

 vol. i p. 62. pi. 2. f. 9. 



Hab. Java and the Philippine Islands. 



M. siccata and ijlans represent a form of the genus of 

 which they are the only species. 



Species 231. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania nigricans. Mel. iesld fusiformi-turbinatd, ad 

 basin subaiupliter ciuargiuald et recurvd, erassiusculd, 

 olivaced, circa columellam nigricante, spird apcrturam 

 aquante, anfractibus quinque ad sex, transversim per- 

 tuso-striatis, superne subimpressis, deinde convexis ; 

 aperturd ocatd, columella subcontorld, ad marginem 

 plicatd, truncald. 



The dark Melania. Shell fusiformly turbinated, rather 

 largely notched and recurved at the base, rather thick, 

 olive, blackish about the columella, spire equalling 

 the aperture, whorls five to six, transversely pricked- 

 striated, slightly impressed round the upper part, then 

 convex ; aperture ovate, rather twisted, plicated at 

 the edge, truncated. 



Clea nigricans, Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1855, p. 119. 



Hab. Sarawak, Borneo ; Brooke. 



An interesting Buccinum-\i\s.e form of Melania, deeply 

 notched and recurved at the base, collected by Sir James 

 Brooke in the river at Sarawak. 



Species 232. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania glans. Mel. testa subfusiformi-ovatd, veutri- 

 cosd, crassiusculd, olicaceo-viridi, transversim obscure 



September, 1SC0. 



