MELANIA.— Plate XLIX. 



Species 372. (Mus. Cumiag.) 



Melania fonebralis. Mel. testa obeso-conicd, atrd, 

 anfractibus sex ad septem, primis perpaucis hngitudi- 

 naliter subplicatis ; aperturd ovatd, fauce caruled. 



The mourning Melania. Shell stoutly conical, deep 

 black, whorls six to seven, the first few faintly lon- 

 gitudinally plicated ; aperture ovate, interior bluish. 



Anthony, Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1S60, p. 56. 



Hab. Tennessee, United States. 



An intensely black shell, with the last whorl rather 



stoutly inflated. 



Species 373. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania depygis. Mel. testa conico-ovatd , jiavescente- 

 olivaced, purpureo-fusco remote fasciatd, anfractlbus 

 septem, Iambus, convexis, ad apicem minute carinatis ; 

 aperturd ovatd. 



The stout Melania. Shell conically ovate, yellowish- 

 olive, distantly banded with purple-brown, whorls 

 seven, smooth, convex, minutely keeled at the apex ; 

 aperture ovate. 



Say, Arner. Conch., pi. 8. f. 4, 5. 



Hab. United States. 



A simple species, with only a very faint indication of 

 keel sculpture at the apex. 



Species 374-. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania crebricostata. Mel. testd ovato-turritd, 

 fulvo-olivaced , anfraclibus septem ad octo, longitudi- 

 naliter confertim, plicato-costatis, prope suluras Uneari- 

 impressis ; aperturd ovatd. 



The close-ribbed Melania. Shell ovately turreted, 

 fulvous-olive, whorls seven to eight, longitudinally 

 closely plicately ribbed, linearly impressed next the 

 sutures ; aperture ovate. 



Lea, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. United States. 



A well-defined species, in which the ribs are unusually 



close-set and are notched round the upper part by a spiral 



impressed line. 





Species 375. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Nickliniana. Mel. testd abbreviato-conicd, 

 obeso-inflatd, ollcaced, anfraclibus quinque, convexis, 

 heribus ; aperturd ovatd, subampld, fauce purpuras- 

 cente. 



Nicklin's Melania. Shell shortly conical, stoutly in- 

 flated, olive, whorls five, convex, smooth; aperture 

 ovate, rather large, purplish within. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., vol. viii. pi. 5. f. 18. 



Hab. Bath County, United States. 



A dark green stoutly inflated shell of very few whorls, 

 tinged about the columella with flesh-purple. 



