444 THE OBUISE OF THE ' CUBAgOA.' 



PLATE XL. Figs. 1, 2. 

 MELANIA BBENGHLEYI, Baircl. 



Shell ovate, pyramidal ; apex much corroded, remaining whorls, 

 4 or 5 in number, rounded, lower ones perfectly smooth, upper 

 delicately concentrically grooved ; colour greenish-yellow with 

 occasional longitudinal streaks of dark brown ; mouth oval, of a 

 leaden hue within ; columella wliite, small, and suddenly tmming 

 into the inner body of shell. 



Length from 6| to 7^ lines. 

 Breadth about 3^ or 4 lines. 

 Hah. Upolu, Samoan group, and Tongatabu, Friendly Islands. 



Var. delicatula Baircl, Plate XL., iigs. 3, 4. 



Shell smaller and more delicate, thin, transparent, and dark 

 brown,' streaks more decidedly shown ; apex much corroded, 

 remaining whorls only 3 or 4. 



Length about 5 lines. 



Breadth 2|- lines. 



Hab. Tutuila, Samoan group. 



