MELANIA.— Plate XLI. 



Species 297. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania modesta. Mel. testa conico-turbinatd, crassius- 

 culd, olivaced, ad suturas pallida, anfraclibus sex ad 

 teptem, declivibus, ivferne gibboso-angulatis, ad ungu- 

 ium snbobsolete plicato-tuberciilatis ; aperturd pyrifor- 

 mi-ovatd,fauce fused, columella ad basin appresse ef- 

 fusd. 



Th e modest Melania. Shell conically turbinated, rather 

 thick, olive, pale at the sutures, whorls six to seven, 

 sloping, gibbously angled round the lower part, rather 

 obsoletely plicately tubercled at the angle; aperture 

 pyriformly ovate, brown within, columella appressly 

 effused at the base. 



Lea. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. pi. 9. f. 34. 



Hob. Georgia, United States. 



A somewhat stout shell, with the whorls sloping towards 

 the lower part to an obtuse angle, on which they are ra- 

 tlin obsoletely rudely tubercled. The specimens here fi- 

 gured from Mr. Cuming's cabinet, though received from 

 America as types of this species, agree very indifferently 

 with Mr. Lea's figure and description. 



A somewhat semitransparent yellowish-brown shell, en- 

 circled throughout at regular intervals with dark linear 

 ridges, which are rather obsoletely granosely interrupted. 



Mel 



Lea 

 Hab 



Species 298. (Mus. Cuming.) 



ania catenoides. Mel. testa conico-ovatd, J/aves- 

 eente-fuscd, liris nigricantibus, linearibus cequidistan- 

 tibus undique cingulald, anfraclibus sex ad septem, 

 plano-declivibus, ultimo injlato, medio obtuse angulato, 

 liris undique granoso-interruptis ; aperturd oblougo- 

 ovaid, columella ad basin tenue effusd. 

 chained Melania. Shell conically ovate, yellowish- 

 brown, encircled throughout with equidistant, dark, 

 linear ridges, whorls six to seven, flatly sloping, the 

 lasl inflated, obtusely angled in the middle, ridges 

 granosely interrupted throughout ; aperture oblong- 

 ovate, columella thinly effused at the base. 



Trans. Amer. Phil. Soe. vol. viii. pi. 6. f. 60. 



Georgia, United States. 



Species 299. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania subsolida. Mel. testa f usiformi-conicd, subab- 

 breviatd, sol/da, olivaceu-virenle, anfractibus sex, decli- 

 vi-convexis, Imvibus ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd, subampld, 

 fauce carulesceute , purpureo-tiuctu, columella rejlexa, 

 ad basin appresse effusd. 

 The solid Melania. Shell fusiformly conical, rather 

 short, solid, olive-green, whorls six, slopingly convex, 

 smooth ; aperture oblong-ovate, rather large, interior 

 bluish, purple-tinged, columella reflected, appressly 

 effused at the base. 

 Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 5. f. 12. 

 llab. United States. 



A rather solid, smooth, fusiformly ovate shortly convo- 

 luted shell, with an aperture somewhat large in proportion, 

 which in dark olive-green specimens is blue, tinged with 

 purple. 



Species 300. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania incurta. Mel. testa subpyfamidali-conicd,fla- 



vescenle-olivaced, anfraclibus Itevilms, superue declivi- 

 contractis, delude rotmidatis ; aperturd ovatd, colu- 

 mella reflexd, ad basin leviter sinuata. 



The contracted Melania. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 conical, yellowish-olive, whorls smooth, slopingly con- 

 tracted round the upper part, then rounded ; aperture 

 ovate, columella reflected, slightly sinuated at the 

 base. 



Anthony, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. United States. 



All I can say of this shell is that it is in Mr. Cuming's 

 cabinet with the above name in manuscript, alleged to 

 have been received from Mr. Anthony. 



