MELANIA. 



Plate XXXVIII. 



Species 262. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania vittata. Mel. testa, acuminato-conicd, subgla- 

 brutd, vireute-olivaced, anfractibus octo ad novetn, liris 

 brumeis tribus, quorum mediand in unguium, productd, 

 cingulalis, suturis subimpressis ; aperturd paroiusculd, 

 fauce fusco-fasciatd, columella ad basin tenue effiisd. 



The filleted Melania. Shell acuminately conical, ra- 

 ther smooth, greenish-olive, whorls eight to nine, en- 

 circled with three brown ridges, the middle of which 

 is produced into an angle, sutures somewhat im- 

 pressed ; aperture rather small, brown-banded with- 

 in, columella thinly effused at the base. 



Anthony, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1854, p. 89. 

 pi. 2. f. 7. 



Hab. Alabama, United Stales. 



There are four revolving brown ridges in this species, 

 but the lowest is covered in all but the last whorl by the 

 overlapping of one whorl upon the other. The uppermost 

 ridge is in some species slightly plieately beaded. Their 

 elevation diminishes towards the aperture, until they be- 

 come lines simply. 



Species 263. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania brevispira. Mel. testa acuminato-oratd, oli- 

 vaced, subpellucidd, anfractibus quinque ad sex, declivi- 

 convexis, lavibus ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd, columella 

 tenue rejtexd, ad basin snbacumiuato-ejl'usd. 



The short-spire Melania. Shell acuminately ovate, 

 olive, rather transparent, whorls five to six, slopingly 

 convex, smooth ; aperture oblong-ovate, columella 

 thinly reflected, rather acuminately effused at the base. 



Anthony, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A simple keel-less species, of few whorls. 



Species 264. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania nigrocingta. Mel. testd ovato-conicd, medio 

 subventricosd, fulvo-olivaced, fasciis duabus nigro-fus- 

 cis, in anfractu ultimo qualuor, cinctd, anfractibus 

 quiuque ad sex, lavibus, declivi-angulatis, amjulo ver- 

 sus aperturam gradatim evunido ; aperturd oblongo- 

 ovatd, columella tenue reflexd, ad basin effusd. 



The black-banded Melania. Shell ovately conical, 



rather ventricose in the middle, fulvous-olive, encir- 

 cled with two black-brown bands, in the last whorl 

 with four, whorls five to six, smooth, slopingly angled, 

 angle gradually fading towards the aperture ; aper- 

 ture oblong-ovate, columella thinly reflected, effused 

 at the base. 



Anthony, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1854, p. 90. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A short ventricose species, encircled with four black 

 bands, of which the two middle ones rather approximate, 

 but the whorls yet overlap between them, hiding the two 

 lower from the two upper bands in all but the last whorl. 



Species 265. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Melania bicolor. Mel. testd turriculatd, subangusld, 

 fulvo-olivaced, infra suturas pallidiore, anfractibus se.r 

 ad octo, declivi-convexis, undique concentrice plicato- 

 striatis ; aperturd paroiusculd, labro sinuato et effuso. 



The two-coloured Melania. Shell turriculated, ra- 

 ther narrow, fulvous-olive, paler beneath the sutures, 

 whorls six to eight, slopingly convex, concentrically 

 plieately striated throughout ; aperture rather small, 

 lip sinuated and effused. 



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



Hab. United States. 



The shell here figured was received by Dr. Yon dem 

 Busch from Mr. Anthony with the above name attached to 

 it in manuscript. The ouly variation of colour in the spe- 

 cimen consists in its being paler next the sutures. 



Species 266. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania apis. Mel. testd conico-ovatd, solidiusculd, oli- 

 vaceo-brunued, anfractibus quinque ad septem, convexis, 

 liris obtusis subdistantihus quatuor ciugulatis ; aper- 

 turd ocatd, margine rufo-nigricante. 



The bee Melania. Shell conically ovate, rather solid, 

 olive-brown, whorls five to seven, convex, encircled 

 with four rather distant obtuse ridges ; aperture ovate, 

 margin reddish-black. 



Hab. Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Although resembling the Tennessee Melania, there is a 

 characteristic typical difference in the colouriug of M. apis. 



September, 1860. 



