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Long. ->\- lat. \l x ;'„: apert. 1,;, poll. [Hab. Brazil V.] 

 It- surface is covered with shining, longitudinally compressed 

 granules, like B. goniosloma, and evidently belongs to the same 

 group ; but, in other respects, it is more like B. pudieus and B. 

 Bolivarii. Few exceed it in beauty. 



• r£T* Vol. ii. 218, (June, 1847.) 



Helix axctixa [is H. [Corilla] achatina Gray]. 



M llama PAGODTTLA. T. crassa, sub-rhombea, turrita, tenuiter 

 striata, fusco-castanea, decollata; spira elevata, conica; anfr. 4, an- 

 gulo spinis 6 robustis armato, ultimo antice subrostrato et costulis ad 

 4 cincto: apertura ovata, antrorsum producta, fauce coerulescente 

 fusco maculata. Long. l£; lat. I poll. Hab. Thoungyin River, a 

 branch of the Salwen. Mrs. Vinton. 



This remarkable shell is almost precisely like M. armigera Say in 

 its structure and proportions, but is three times as large, something 

 like To spinosa Lea. 



.Mil. ama baccata. T. magna, crassa, elongato-turrita, epider- 

 inide fusco-castaneo induta ; spira decollata, anfr. 6 rotundatis. plicis 

 lonodtudinalibus et costis volventibus triseriatim nodoso-decussatis, 

 ultimo ad basim 4 costato : apertura Lunata; labio antice producto ; 

 columella aurantia valde arcuata ; fauce ca'.ralcscentc fusco t'asciata. 

 Long. "_' ; lat. : i poll. Hab. Thoungyin River. Mrs. Vinton. 



Closely allied to M. inquinata, but is distinguished by its ranges of 

 prominent pustular knobs and its orange columella. 



Melania HUMEROSA. T. olongato-turrita, simplex, viridi-cornea ; 

 spira derosa, anfr. ad 8 convexis, prope suturam obsolete angulatis, 

 lineis tenuissimis spiraliter striatis, ultimo antice costato-striato : aper- 

 tura sub-ovaUs, antice vix effusa; columella rotundata, alba; fauce 

 fasciatim sub-livida. Long, lg; lat. i poll. Ilab. Manko, Tavoy. 

 Mrs. Vinton. 



Allied to M. Virginica Say, in size and form, though somewhat 

 more conical and robust, and with angular whorls. It still more 

 nearly resembles M. intermedia Von den Busch. 



Melania fluctuosa. T. parva, elongata, sub-cylindrica, fulvo- 

 cornea, longitudinaliter plicata, plicis 8-10 eompressis, acutis, fusces- 

 centibus; anfr. ad 6 (apice derosa) vix convexis; sutura. haud 

 impressa: apertura parva, ovata, vix effusa. Long, f ; lat. \ poll. 

 Hab. Newville, Tavoy. Mrs. Vinton. 



Allied to M. plicifera Lea, but smaller and more cylindrical, with 

 the plaits extending to the base, and destitute of the coarse revolving 



lines. 



Xi.kitix a (\ en. i.i i.ai \ [is N. reticularis Sowb.]. 



