442 TEE GBUISE OF TEE ' CVBAQOA: 



PLATE XXXIX. Figs. 9, 10. ' 

 MELAMPU8 (TIFATA) OVULOIDES, Baird. 



Shell small, oval, contracted 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 grooved within. 



Length 2^ lines. 



Breadth 1^ lines. 



Hah. Tutuila, Samoan group. 



