MELANOPSIS.— Plate I. 



crassiuscidd, olivacea, anfractiius perpaucis, declivi- 

 ventricom, hngitudinaliter rugosis et malleaiis, par- 

 tun obsolete nodttlosis ; aperturd ovatd, in/erne sub- 

 effusd, columella superue callosd, deinde excavaid, ad 

 basin concavo-coi/tortd, parum reflexa. 

 Strange's Melaxopsis. Shell somewhat globosely 

 ovate, rather thick, olive, whorls very few, slopingly 

 ventricose, longitudinally wrinkled and malleated, 

 partially obsoletely noduled ; aperture ovate, slightly 

 effused at the lower part, columella callous at the 



upper part, then excavated, concavely twisted at the 



base, but little reflected. 

 Hob. New Zealand ; Strange. 



From the same locality as the preceding species, and of 

 the same peculiar type. It has a different contour, with 

 a less twisted columella, and is distinguished externally by 

 a very characteristic, subnodose, wrinkled and malleated 

 sculpture. It was sent to England by the unfortunate 

 Sir. Strange, one of our very best collectors in the Austra- 

 lian seas, who lost his life in the service. 



