M ELAN I A. 



Plate LIX. 



Species 466. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Me lan i a stkiatula. Mel. testa turritd, livido-olivaced, 

 anfractibus septem, plano-convexis, transversim striatis, 

 longitudinaliter plicato-costatis ; aperturd ovatd, colu- 

 mella subcontorto-prodiwtd. 



The finely striated Melania. Shell turreted, livid- 

 olive, whorls seven, flatly convex, transversely striated, 

 lougitudinally plicately ribbed ; aperture ovate, co- 

 lumella rather twistedly produced. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. viii. pi. 6. f. 49. 



Hub. United States. 



A conspicuously plicately-ribbed species, crossed by fine 

 linear stria. 



Species 467. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania papillosa. Mel. testa subpyramidali-ovatd, 

 fulvo-olivaced, anfractibus quiuque, declivi-convexis, 

 delude cariuatis, longitudinaliter subplicatis, trans- 

 versim. noduloso-liratis ; aperturd ovatd, subampld, ad 

 basin subeffusd. 



The papillose Melania. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, fulvous-olive, whorls five, slopingly convex, 

 then keeled, longitudinally faintly plicated, trans- 

 versely nodulosely ridged ; aperture ovate, rather 

 large, slightly effused at the base. 



Anthony, MS. 



Hub. Florida, United States. 



Distinguished by a papillose sculpture through being 

 crossed with transverse ridges, passing over oblique longi- 

 tudinal folds. 



Species 468. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania Cambojiensis. Mel. testa fusiformi-turritd, 

 fulvo-stramined, anfractibus sex, superne concavo-angu- 

 latis, delude injlatis, adangulumconspicue tuberculatis ; 

 aperturd ovatd, ad basin subcanaliculatd, columella 

 contorlo-recurvd. 



The Cambojia Melania. Shell fusiformly turreted, 

 fulvous straw-colour, whorls six, coneavely angled 

 round the upper part, then inflated, conspicuously 

 tubercled at the angle; aperture ovate, slightly 

 chanelled at the base, columella twistedly recurved. 



Hab. Cambojia ; Mouhot. 



This interesting new species, collected by the French 

 naturalist and traveller, M. Mouhot, belongs probably to 

 the senus Io. 



Species 469. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania obesa. Mel. testa globoso-ovatd,solidd,fulves- 

 cente, olivaceo-virente obscure fasciatd, spird brevi, 

 subimmersd, anfractibus quinque, declivi-rotundatis, 

 longitudinaliter obsolete rude plicatis, ultimo inferne 

 spiraliter liratis et striatis ; aperturd ovatd, ad basin 

 subeffusd. 



The stoct Melania. Shell globosely ovate, solid, ful- 

 vous, obscurely banded with olive-green, spire short, 

 rather immersed, whorls five, slopingly rounded, longi- 

 tudinally obsoletely rudely plicated, last whorl spirally 

 ridged and striated round the lower part ; aperture 

 ovate, a little effused at the base. 



Anthony, MS. 



Hab. Alabama, United States. 



A shell of solid growth, which Mr. Anthony returns 

 with the remark, " This is new to me ; it is a fine shell." 



Species 470. (Mus. nostr.) 



Melania ketdsa. Mel. testa suborbiculari , crassiusculd, 

 nigricante-brunned, spird brevi, anfractibus tribus ad 

 quatuor, ultimo peramplo, superne latiangulatis, ad 

 angulum. muricato-tuberculatis ; aperturd rotundato- 

 ovatd, columella appresse reflexd. 



The blunt Melania. Shell nearly orbicular, rather 

 thick, black-brown, spire short, whorls three to four, 

 the last very large, broadly angled at the upper part, 

 prickly tubercled at the angle ; aperture rotundately 

 ovate, columella appressly reflected. 



Hemimitra 7'etusa, Swainson. 



Hab. Silhet, Bengal. 



A short globosely inflated shell, of only three to four 

 whorls, coronated with a row of prickly tubercles. 



Species 471. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania basalis. Mel. testa ovatd, subventricosd, fulvo- 

 olivaced, fasciis tribus fusco-virenlibus interdum cinctd, 

 spird brevi, obtuse conicd, anfractibus quatuor, convexo- 



May, 1861. 



