MELANIA.— Plate XL. 



flavescente-olivaced, anfractibus septem ad octo, oblique 

 valids varicoso-costatis, coslis distantibus ; aperturd 

 ovatd, columella tenue rejlexd, effusn. 



Currey's Melania. Shell cylindrical^- oblong, yellow- 

 ish-olive, whorls seven to eight, obliquely strongly 

 varicosely ribbed, ribs distant ; aperture ovate, colu- 

 mella thinly reflected, effused. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 6. f. 3fi. 



lhib. Kentucky, United States. 



Of the same type as M. plicifera, but the shell is less 

 cylindrically elongated, and the ribs are more distant, and 

 have more the character of varices. 



Species 287. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mklwia Moluccensis. Mel. testa elongato-turritd, pal- 

 lida olivaced, anfractibus septem ad novem, plano-con- 

 longitudinaliter dense ruffoso-striatis, superne de- 

 clivi-angulatis, ad unguium et ad suturam lira tenui 

 funic ulatis : aperturd ovatd, columella tenue effusd. 



The Molucca Melania. Shell elongately turreted, 

 pale-olive, whorls seven to nine, flatly convex, longi- 

 tudinally densely roughly striated, slopingly angled 

 round the upper part, corded with a fine ridge on the 

 angle and at the suture ; aperture ovate, columella 

 thinly effused. 



Qi oy, Zool. Voy. de 1'Astrol. vol. iii. pi. 56. f. 22-25. 



Hub. Moluccas. 



A shell of light turreted growth, corded throughout at 

 the upper and lower parts of each whorl by a neat ridge. 



Pig. 2S8. (Mus. Cuming.) 



The shell here figured is ticketed in Mr. Cuming's ca- 

 binet .1/. Proteus, Lea, but it does not agree with Mr. 



Lea's description or figure of that species, and may be a 

 variety of M. laqueata, Say. 



Species 289. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania circincta. Mel. testa cylindraceo-ovatd, soli- 

 diusculd, virescenle-olivaced, fascia purpureo-nigrd cin- 

 gulatd, anfractibus septem, declivi-convexis, minute con- 

 centrice striatis ; aperturd ovatd, parvd, labro sinuato 

 et eff'uso, columella subcalloso-reflexd. 



The encircled Melania. Shell cylindrically ovate, 

 rather solid, greenish-olive, encircled with a purple- 

 black band, whorls seven, slopingly convex, minutely 

 concentrically striated ; aperture ovate, small, lip si- 

 nuous and effused, columella rather callously reflected. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 6. f. 51. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A conspicuously banded species, of rather solid growth, 

 with a more than usually sinuous lip. 



Species 290. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania picta. Mel. testa subfusiformi-ovatd, medio 

 ventricosd, fulvescente, purpureo-nigro varie fasciatd, 

 anfractibus sex, declivi-convexis, lavibus ; aperturd ob- 

 longo-ovald, columella rejlexd, ad basin subeffusd. 



The painted Melania. Shell somewhat fusiformly 

 ovate, ventricose in the middle, yellowish, variously 

 banded with purple-black, whorls six, slopingly con- 

 vex, smooth ; aperture oblong-ovate, columella re- 

 flected, slightly effused at the base. 



Lea, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. United States. 



Distinguished by a fusiformly ovate shape, neatly banded 

 throughout upon a warm yellowish ground. 



