MELANIA.— Plate XLVI. 



rather thin, whorls numerous, rather narrow, spirally 

 faintly grooved, impressed at the sutures ; aperture 

 rather small, somewhat rounded, effused at the margin. 



Haldeman, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hob. ? 



A somewhat slender turriculated shell, rather constricted 



at the sutures. 



Species 342. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania proscissa. Mel. testa globoso-ovatd, intense 

 olivaced, spird Irevi, anfractibus panels, rotundatis, 

 tricarinatis, carinis di stantibus, interstitlis concavo- 

 excavalis ; aperturd ovatd, subampld. 



The ploughed Melania. Shell globosely ovate, dark- 

 olive, spire short, whorls few, rounded, three-keeled, 

 keels distant, interstices concavely excavated ; aper- 

 ture ovate, rather large. 



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

 109. pi. 3. f. 9. 



Hnb. Alabama, United States. 



Well distinguished by its broadly ovate form and widely 

 spread bold keeling. 



Species 343. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania compacta. Mel. testa obtuse conicd, subcylin- 

 draced, fiavescente, fusco conspicue bifasciafd, an- 

 fractibus quinque, plano-convexis, lavibus ; aperturd 

 fared, ad basin subatienuato-effusd. 



The compact Melania. Shell obtusely conical, some- 

 what cylindrical, yellowish, encircled with two con- 

 spicuous brown bands, whorls five, flatly convex, 

 smooth ; aperture small, somewhat attenuately ef- 

 fused at the base. 



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

 122. pi. 3. f. 22. 



Ilab. Alabama. 



A compactly convoluted shell, approaching the Ancu- 

 lotus form of the group. 



Species 344. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania brevis. Mel. testa cylindraceo-oblongd, eras- 



siusculd, pallide castaned, spird obtusd, anfractibus 

 panels, plano-convexis, transversim rude liraiis; aper- 

 turd subanguste ovatd, svperne subsinuatd, inferne ef- 

 fusd. 



The short Melania. Shell cylindrically oblong, rather 

 thick, pale-chestnut, spire obtuse, whorls few, flatly 

 convex, transversely rudely ridged ; aperture rather 

 narrowly ovate, a little sinuated at the upper part, 

 effused at the lower. 



Lea, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Had. ? 



Of somewhat the form of the preceding species, but 

 distinguished by a roughly ridged surface and more ob- 

 long aperture. 



Species 345. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania curta. Mel. testa abbreviato-pyramidali, plus 

 minus conspicue decollatd, flavescente-castaned, ad su- 

 turas fascia fused unicd cingulatd, anfractibus ungustis, 

 convexo-planatis ; aperturd minutd, contractu, colu- 

 mella reflexd, angulato-effusd. 



The broken Melania. Shell shortly pyramidal, more 

 or less conspicuously decollated, yellowish-chestnut, 

 encircled at the sutures with a single brown band, 

 whorls narrow, convexly flattened ; aperture very 

 small, contracted, columella reflected, angularly ef- 

 fused. 



Haldeman, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. ? 



A very characteristic form of Melania, in which the 

 whorls are unusually narrow, and the aperture corre- 

 spondingly small and angularly contracted. 



