MELANIA.— Plate XLIV. 



bus cingnlatis, delude planis, ad suturas carinatis et 

 impressis ; aperturd ovatd, columella ad basin appresse 

 sinuatd. 



Budd's Melania. Shell turreted, yellowish, whorls eight 

 to nine, somewhat rounded at the upper part, encir- 

 cled with fine ridges, then flat, keeled and impressed 

 ;it the sutures ; aperture ovate, columella appressly 

 sinuated at the base. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. pi. 9. f. 44. 



Hah. Tennessee, United States. 



Bather impressed at the sutures, above which the whorls 

 are variously encircled with fine ridges and keels. 



Species 325. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania aspersa. Mel. testa ovato-turritd, subcylin- 

 draced, olivaced, nigro promiscue aspersd, anfractihus 

 panels, convexis, spiraliter costalis, costis superiorlbus 

 nodulatis, suturis plano-impressis ; aperturd ovatd, 

 parviusculd, columella tenui, parum refiexd. 



The sprinkled Melania. Shell ovately turreted, 

 somewhat cylindrical, olive, promiscuously sprinkled 

 with black, whorls few, convex, upper ribs noduled, 

 sutures flatly impressed ; aperture ovate, rather small, 

 columella thin, but little reflected. 



Hah. Pernambuco. 



A very characteristic species partaking of the local ty- 

 pical characters of M. transversa from the same habitat. 



