14 PKOCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETV. 



Melania cingulifera, n.sp. Fig. 2. 



Shell very elongately pyramidal, horn-colour. Sculpture : the 

 earlier whorls are marked by longitudinal riblets, which are cut by 

 a few spiral lines ; on the later whorls the longitudinal riblets fade out, 

 being represented by semi-obsolete nodules below the suture, and the 

 spiral lines (about ten on the last whorl) are more marked. Whorls 

 about nine in number, much flattened, the suture not being very 

 conspicuous. Mouth ovate pyriform, the columellar margin being veiy 

 lightly reflexed and thickened, and a light callus joining the margins. 

 Alt. 14-5, diam. max. 4*5 mm. 



Apparently belonging to the group of M. vernwosa, Hinds, from 

 New Ireland, but the whorls increase more rapidly in breadth, and 

 the sculj)ture is not so ' verrucose.' 



