MELANIA.— Plate XLV1II. 



ated throughout, the first few keeled ; aperture ovate, 



a little effused at the base. 

 Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 5. f. 4. 

 llnli. Ohio, United States. 



Of simple character, rather closely plicately striated 

 throughout. 



Species 362. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tins shell is the M. nigrita, Poey, from Cuba, and the 

 same species as that named by me, in error, M. Scarabus, 

 at PI. XIV. Sp. 'JO. 



Species 363. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania exilis. Mel. testa acuminato-ovald,Jlavescente, 

 fusco-purpureo intense latifasciotd, anfractibiis sex ad 

 septem, convexis, hrvibus, primis perpaucis supra s«- 

 turas siibtilissime carinatis ; aperturd ovatd, labro 

 columellari ieutie rejiexo. 



The slender Melania. Shell acuminately ovate, yel- 

 lowish, broadly banded with dark fuscous purple, 

 whorls six to seven, convex, smooth, the first few 

 very finely keeled above the sutures ; aperture ovate, 

 eolumellar lip thinly reflected. 



Haldeman, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Bab. ? 



A delicate conspicuously banded shell, with very much 



the aspect of a Bulimus. 



Species 364. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania tripartita. Mel. testa acuminata, olivaced, 

 anfractibiis octo ad novem, subrolundatis, spiraliter re- 

 mote liratis, primis paucis valide carinatis, deinde lon- 

 gitudinaliter plicato-costatis, exi/ide Iambus ,• aperturd 

 pared, semilunari. 



The tripartite Melania. Shell acuminated, olive, 

 whorls eight to nine, somewhat rounded, spirally dis- 

 tantly ridged, the first few strongly keeled, then lon- 

 gitudinally plicately ribbed, afterwards smooth ; aper- 

 ture small, semilunar. 



Hab. ? 



This is, without doubt, a United States species, but 1 

 know of none with which it can be satisfactorily identified. 



•Species 365. (Mus. Cuming. 1 



Melania Saffordii. Mel. testa conicd, subobesd, vi- 

 rente-olivaced, anfractibiis sex ad septem, Itevibus, ul- 

 timo iiinlto majore ; aperturd subampld, ovatd. 



Safford's Melania. Shell conical, rather stout, green- 

 ish-olive, whorls six to seven, smooth, last whorl 

 much the larger; aperture rather large, ovate. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. p. 56. pi. 30. f. 10. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



A smooth, conical species, rather stoutly inflated in the 

 last whorl, and of a bright greenish-olive colour. 



