MELANIA.— Plate XLVII. 



Species 352. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania ambusta. Mel. testa ovatd, subinflatd, livido- 

 olivaced, interdum obscure fasciatd, anfractibua quinque 

 ad sex, convexis, longitudinaliier dense teuuistriatis ; 

 aperturd ovatd, fauce purpureo-fuscd. 



The scorched Melania. Shell ovate, slightly inflated, 

 livid-olive, sometimes obscurely banded, whorls five 

 to six, convex, longitudinally densely finely striated ; 

 aperture ovate, purple-brown within. 



Anthony, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, 1S54, p. 94. 

 pi. 2, f. 13. 



Hah. Alabama, United States. 



A smooth ovate shell, of regular growth, stained with 

 purple-brown in the interior. 



Species 353. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Warderiana. Mel. testa subidato-conicd, sor- 

 dide olivaced, spird elevatiuscnld, anfractibua septem 

 aid pluribus, primis panels inferne carinatis, a/rind 

 citb evanidd ; aperturd ovatd, parviusculd, ad basin 

 pendulum effusa. 



Warder's Melania. Shell subulately conical, dull-olive, 

 spire rather raised, whorls seven or more, the first 

 few keeled at the lower part, keels soon disappear- 

 ing ; aperture ovate, rather small, a little effused at 

 the base. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 6. f. 47- 



Hub. Virginia, United States. 



A shell of uniform dark-olive colouring, without sculp- 

 ture, distinguished by a rather elevately subulate spire. 



Species 354. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania perfdsca. Mel. testa ovato-turritd, olivaceo- 

 fuscd, anfractibua declivi-convexis, dense oblique longi- 

 tudinal iter striatis ; aperturd parviusculd, rotundalo- 

 ovatd, vix effusd. 



The dark-brown Melania. Shell ovately turreted, 

 olive-brown, whorls slopingly convex, densely ob- 

 liquely longitudinally striated ; aperture rather small, 

 rotundately ovate, scarcely effused. 



Lea, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hob. ? 



The chief characteristic of this species is, perhaps, its 

 close-set longitudinal strias, which pass somewhat oblique- 

 ly over the whorls. 



Species 355. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania pinguis. Mel. testa ovato-conicd, subobeso-in- 

 Jiatd, virescente-olivaced, avfractibus quinque, superne 

 declivibus, dense oblique longitudinaliier striatis ,■ 

 aperturd rotitudato-ovatd, columella calloso-incurvd. 



The plump Melania. Shell ovately conical, rather 

 stoutly inflated, greenish-olive, whorls five, sloping 

 round the upper part, densely obliquely longitudinally 

 striated ; aperture rotundately ovate, columella cal- 

 lously incurved. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. pi. 30. f. 11. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A greenish-olive tumidly conical shell, finely longitudi- 

 nally striated throughout in a somewhat oblique direction. 



