MELANIA.— Plate XXXIX. 



uslulalo-olivaced, ad suiuras fulvescente, anfractibus 

 octo adducent, carinis tenuibus undique funiculatis, ad 

 suiuras canaliculalis, iwterstitiis crispato-striatis ; 

 aperturd subanguste ovatd, columella rufo-purpured, 

 contorto-appressd, ad basin acuminato-sinuatd. 



Brumby's Melania. Shell pyramidal, rather thick, 

 burnt-olive, fulvous at the sutures, whorls eight to 

 ten, corded with fine keels throughout, channelled at 

 the sutures, interstices crisp-striated ; aperture rather 

 narrowly ovate, columella reddish-purple, twistedly 

 appressed, acuminately sinuated at the base. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. pi. 30. f. 5. 



Hab. Alabama, United States. 



This tine species presents almost a new type of Me- 

 lanin. It is a closely keeled pyramidal shell, of a peculiar 

 burnt-olive colour, tinged with reddish-purple about the 

 columella, which is curiously twistedly appressed. 



Species 278. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Deshayesiana. Mel. testa acuminato-ovatd, 

 ad apicem elevaid, sordide olicaced, anfractibus declivi- 

 tumidis, primia panels longitudinaliter plicatis, plicis 

 cilo evanidis, transversim liratis, liris versus apertu- 

 ram obsoletis ; aperturd ovatd, super/tit subcontractd, 

 columella ad basin, tenue effusd. 



Deshayes' Melania. Shell acuminately ovate, raised 

 at the apex, dull-olive, whorls slopingly tumid, the 

 first few longitudinally plicated, plaits soon disap- 

 pearing, transversely ridged, ridges obsolete towards 

 the aperture ; aperture ovate, rather contracted, at the 

 upper part, columella thinly effused at the base. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



The whorls of this species are swollen in a sloping 

 manner towards the upper part, and the spire is acumi- 

 nately raised at the apex. The first few whorls are de- 



cussately sculptured, but the sculpture soon becomes ob- 

 solete. 



Species 279. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania rufescens. Mel. testa ovuld, rufescenle-oh fa- 

 ced, anfractibus sex, plicis longitudinalibus striisque 

 trausversis plus minus obsolete deenssatis ; aperturd 

 oblougo-ovatd, columella ad basin ejj'usii. 



The rufous Melania. Shell ovate, reddish-olive, whorls 

 six, more or less obsoletely decussated with trans- 

 verse ridges and longitudinal plaits ; aperture ob- 

 long-ovate, columella effused at the base. 



Lea, Trans. Aroer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 5. f. 8. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



There is a decussated sculpture in this species, but it is 

 almost obliterated. 



Species 280. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania altipeta. Mel. testa subfmiformi-acuminatd, 

 ftavescente-olivaced, glabra, anfractibus novetn ad de- 

 cern, declioi-convexis, tenue spiraliter liratis, liris 

 versus aperturam obsoletis ; aperturd anguste ovatd, 

 columella tenue rejlexd, ad basin effuso-productd. 



The slender Melania. Shell somewhat fusiformly 

 acuminated, yellowish-olive, smooth, whorls nine to 

 ten, slopingly convex, finely spirally ridged, ridges ob- 

 solete towards the aperture ; aperture narrowly ovate, 

 columella thinly reflected, eft'usely produced at the 

 base. 



Anthony, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1854, p. 87. 



Hab. Ohio, United States. 



Of a pale yellowish-olive colour and rather fusiformly 

 acuminated growth, encircled towards the apex with fine 

 ridges. 



