MELANIA.— Plate L1X. 



declivibus ; apertura ovatd, subampln, ad basin sub- 

 smuald, columella, appresse refiexd. 

 The basal Melania. Shell ovate, somewhat ventricose, 

 fulvous-olive, sometimes encircled with three fuscous- 

 green bands, spire short, obtusely conical, whorls 

 four, convexly sloping ; aperture ovate, rather large, 

 slightly sinuated at the base, columella appressly re- 

 flected. 

 Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. x. pi. 9. f. 33. 

 Hab. Alabama, United States. 



An ovately conical shell, of four slopingly convex in- 

 flated whorls. 



Species 472. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania semigeadata. Mel. testa pyramidali-conicd, 

 fulvo-olivaced, fascia virente cmgulatd, anfractibus 

 quinque ad sex, plano-declivibus, in/erne acute cari- 

 natis, primis paucis longitudinaliter plicalis, anfradit 

 ultimo bicarinalo ; apertura ovatd, ad basin subeffusd. 



The semigradate Melania. Shell pyramidally conical, 

 fulvous-olive, encircled with a green band, whorls 

 five to six, flatly sloping, sharply keeled round the 

 lower part, first few whorls longitudinally plicated, 

 last whorl double-keeled ; aperture ovate, a little 

 effused at the base. 



Hab. Alabama, United States. 



A striking new species, in which the whorls are double- 

 keeled at the periphery, the lower keel being hid in all but 

 the last whorl by the overlapping of one whorl upon 

 another. 



Species 473. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Melania lacheyma. Mel. testa conico-ovatd, crassd, 

 fulvo-olivaced, nigro multilineatd, anfractibus quinque, 

 superne declivi-convexis, deinde gibbosis et obtuse tuber- 

 culatis, longitudinaliter undique plicato-striatis ; aper- 

 tura anguste ovatd, parviusculd, ad basin sinuato- 

 effusd. 



The teae Melania. Shell conically ovate, thick, ful- 

 vous-olive, encircled with numerous black lines, 

 whorls five, slopingly convex round the upper part, 

 then gibbous, and obtusely tubercled, longitudinally 

 plicately striated throughout ; aperture narrowly 

 ovate, rather small, sinuately effused at the base. 



Anthony, MS. 



Hab. United States. 



A prettily painted species, of a rude obtusely tubercled 

 form. 



