442 THE VEUISE OF THE ' CUBAQOA: 



PLATE XXXIX. Figs. 9, 10. 

 MELAMPUS (TIFATA) 0VUL0IBE8, Baird. 



Shell small, oval, conti-acted at both extremities ; spire con- 

 sisting of 8 whorls, rapidly increasing, last whorl nearly double the 

 length of whole shell ; spire short, acute, upper whorls finely 

 striated, last smooth ; shell of a dark coffee colom- with white 

 zigzag longitudinal lines ; mouth narrow, inner lip exhibiting 

 only one plait, outer lip gi-ooved within. 



Length 2^ lines. 



Breadth H lines. 



Hah. Tutuila, Samoau group. 



