M E L A N I A . 



Plate XLVI. 



Species 336. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania pulcherrima. Mel. testa acuminalo-turrild. 

 flaveseente-olivaced, fusco anguste trifasciatd, anfrac- 

 tlbus seplem ad octo, superne declivl-couvexls, delude 

 acute carinatis, carina gradatirn evanidd ; aperturd 

 ovald, labro columellari subeffuso. 



The beautiful Melania. Shell acuminately turreted, 

 yellowish-olive, narrowly three-banded with brown, 

 whorls seven to right, slopingly convex round the 

 upper part, then sharply keeled, keel gradually dis- 

 appearing ; aperture ovate, columellar lip slightly 

 effused. 



Anthony, Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860, p. 

 58. 



Hub. North Carolina, United States. 



The centre band appears on the keel ; the lower band is 

 almost lost in the suture. In the last whorl a fourth baud 



Species 337. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania castanea. Mel. testa acute subulatd, versus 

 basin tum/i/lusculd, ollvaceo-castaned, ad suturas pal- 

 lida, aufractibus seplem ad octo, declivi-planatis, 

 lavibus ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd, ad basin effusd. 



The chestnut Melania. Shell sharply subulate, 

 rather swollen towards the base, olive-chestnut, pale 

 at the sutures, whorls seven to eight, slopingly flat- 

 tened, smooth ; aperture oblong-ovate, effused at 

 the base. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 5. f. 2. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A smooth olive-chestnut shell, pale at the sutures, with 

 the spire more than usually acuminately subulate. 



Species 338. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania adusta. Mel. testa acute conlcd, lavigatd, 

 nitente, ad/tslo-ollvaced, ad suturas pallida, anfrac- 

 tibus seplem ad octo, declivi-planatis, ultimo subgib- 

 boso, suliiris distinctis ; aperturd ovald, parum effusd, 

 intus purpurascente, columella subincurvd. 



The BURNED Melania. Shell sharply conical, smooth, 

 shining, dusky-olive, pale at the sutures, whorls 

 seveu to eight, slopingly flattened, last whorl some- 

 what gibbous, sutures distinct; aperture ovate, but 



• little effused, purplish within, columella rather in- 

 curved. 

 Anthony, Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1860, p. 55. 

 Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A more solid, less subulate shell than the preceding 

 species, with the aperture shorter and columella more 

 incurved. 



Species 339. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania sublirata. Mel. testa obeso-conicd, flavescenle- 

 ollvaced, fusco remote blfasclatd, anfractibus quinque 

 ad sex, longitudinaliter plicatis, superne geu/malls, 

 inferne carinatis, ultimo quadrlfascialo ; aperturd 

 ovatd, ad basin attenualo-effusd. 



The slightly-ridged Melania. Shell stoutly conical, 

 yellowish-olive, distantly two-banded with brown, 

 whorls five to six, longitudinally plicated, beaded 

 round the upper part, keeled round the lower, last 

 whorl tour-banded ; aperture ovate, alternately effused 

 at the base. 



Conrad, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hub. United States. 



A very characteristic globosely conical shell, longitudi- 

 nally radiately plicated, and encircled with four distant 

 brown bands, only two of which appear above the suture. 



Species 340. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania spurca. Mel. testa ovalo-conicd, sordlde oli- 

 vaced, ad suturas pallida, anfractibus sex, Iambus, 

 tumidiusculis ; aperturd ovatd, vix effusd. 



The dirty Melania. Shell ovately conical, dull-olive, 

 pale at the sutures, whorls six, smooth, rather 

 swollen; aperture ovate, scarcely effused. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. pi. 9. f. 31. 



Hab. Alabama. 



A well-defined species, but of rather simple character. 



Species 341. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania abjecta. Mel. testa turriculatd, olivaced, 

 teuulculd, anfractibus numerosis, subangustis, spira- 

 llter subsulcatls, ad suturas impressis ; aperturd par- 

 vmsculd, subrotundatd, ad margluem effusd. 



The cast-off Melania. Shell turriculated, olive, 



November, 1860. 



