NATURAL SCIENCES OP PHILADELPHIA. 47 



206. G. spinel la, Lea. 



Goniobasis spinella, Lea, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 264, 18C2. Jour. Acad. 

 Na,t. Sc, v. pt. 3, p. 298, t. 37, f. 130, Mar. 1863. Obs. ix. p. 120. 



207. G. Draytonii, Lea. 



Goniobasis Draytonii, Lea, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 264, 1862. Jour. Acad. 



Nat. Sci., v. pt. 3, p. 300, t. 37, f. 134, March, 1863. Obs. ix. p. 122. 

 Goniobasis nigrina,. Lea, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, p. 263, 1862. Jour. Acad. 



Nat. Sci. v. pt. 3, p. 299, t. 37, f. 133. Obs. ix. p. 121. 



208. G. p r o x i m a , Say. 



Melania proxima, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 126, Sept. 1825. Reeve, 

 Monog. Melania, sp. 275. Binney'a Edit, of Say, p. 115. Binney, Check 

 List, No. 220. DeKay, Moll. N. Y., p. 99. Wheatley, Cat. Shells U. S., 

 p. 26. Gibbes' Report, p. 19. Jay, Cat. 4th Edit., p. 274. Brot, List, 

 p. 38. 

 Melania carinata* Ravenel, Cat. p. 11, 1834. Wheatley, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 



24. Binney, Check List, No. 47. 

 Melania Taitiana, Lea, Philos. Proc, ii. p. 11, Feb., 1841. Philos. Trans, viii. 

 p. 165, t. 5, f. 5. Obs. iii. p. 3. DeKay, Moll. N. Y., p. 92. Wheatley, 

 Cat. Shells U. S., p. 27. Jay, Cat., 4th edit., p. 275. Binney, Check 

 List, No. 264. Catlow, Conch. Nomenc, p. 189. Reeve, Monog. Mela- 

 nia, sp. 444. Brot, List, p. 37. 

 Melania rufa, Lea, Philos. Proc, ii. p. 12, Feb., 1841. Philos. Trans., viii. 

 p. 167, t. 5, f. 8. Obs. iii. p. 5. Troost, Cat. Shells Tennessee. 

 Wheatley, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 26. Catlow, Conch. Ncmenc, p. 188. 

 Melania rufescens, Lea, DeKay, Moll. N. Y., p. 93. Jay, Cat., 4th edit., p. 



274. Binney, Check List, No. 233. Brot, List, p. 37. 

 Melania approximata, Haldeman, Monog. Lirnnindes, No. 4, p. 4 of Cover, 

 Dec. 28, 1841. Jay, Cat., 4th edit., p. 272. Binney, Check List, No. 18. 

 Brot, List, p. 36. 

 Melania abjecta,f Haldeman, Reeve, Monog. Melania, sp. 341. Brot, List, 



p. 34. 

 Goniobasis rubricata, Lea, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 271, 1862. Jour. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. v. pt. 3, p. 335, t. 38, f. 197. Obs. ix. p. 157, t. 38, f. 197. 



I. Striate species, spire elevated. 



209. G. V ir gini c a, Gmelin. 



Buccinum Virginica, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. . Green, Trans., Alb. 



Inst., i. p. 135. Wood, Index Test., t. 24, f. 154. 



Paludina Virginica, Say, Nicholson's Encyc, iii. t. 2, f. 4. 



Melania Virginica, Say, Am. Conch., pt. 5, t. 47, f. 2. App. to Long's Exped., 

 ii. p. 265. Binney's Edit., p. 131 and 199. Binney, Check List, No. 

 291. Catlow, Conch. Nomenc, p. 189. Philippi, Netier Conchylien 

 Melania, t. 2, f. 12. Hildreth, Am. Jour. Science, xxxi. p. 53. Sager, 

 Rept. Zool. Mich., p. 15. Conrad, Am. Jour. Science, N. S., i. p. 407. 

 Haldeman, Rupps Hist. Lancaster County, Pa., p. 479. Haldeman, 

 Am. Jour. Sci., xli. p. 22. DeKay, Moll. N. Y., p. 90, t. 7, f. 141. 

 Wheatley, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 27. Hartman, Catalogue Shells Chester 

 Co., Pa. Brot, List, p, 35. Girard, Proc. National Inst., i. No. 2, p. 82. 

 Jay, Cat,, 4th edit., p. 275. Reeve, Monog. Melania, sp. 321. 



Limnxa Virginica, Say, Short and Eaton, Notices, p. 82. 



Juga Virginica, Say, Chenu, Man. de Couchyl. i. f. 2019. 



Melania mullilmeata, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat Sci., ii. p. 380, Dec 1822. Am. 



*I make this a synonym on the authority of Dr. Jay. 



1 1 doubt whether this shell really came from Arkansas, although the established geographical 

 distribution of proxima is very great. 



1864.] 



