86 DESCRIPTION OF NEW 



Melania modesta. PI. IX. Fig. 34. 



Testa Imvi, conoided, subfusiformi, subtenui, nigra; spird subelevatd; suturis linearibus; anfractibus 

 planulatis, ultimo in medio angulato; aperturd ellipticd, subgrandi, intus lenebrosd. 



Shell smooth, conical, somewhat fusiform, rather thin, hlack; spire rather elevated; sutures linear; whorls flat- 

 tened, the last angular in the middle; aperture elliptical, rather large, within dark. 



Hab. Chatahoochee River, at Columbus, Georgia. S. Boykin, M. D. 



My cabinet. 

 Diam. .28, Length .67 of an inch. 



Remarks. — A single specimen of this species came from Dr. Boykin, with some others, 

 which I published some years since. Tbis one was deferred in the hopes of getting more 

 for comparison. In outline and colour it is very closely allied to a shell I described, from 

 Tennessee, under the name of tenebrosa. It differs from it in having the aperture less 

 distended, in having an angle on the middle of the whorl, and in being more fusiform. 

 The apex being eroded, the number of whorls cannot be ascertained — there are about 

 seven. The aperture is nearly one-half the length of the shell. The bands are so broad 

 and dark as to give, in this specimen, a black appearance to the whole shell, except at 

 the termination of the whorl, where the outer lip is yellow. 



Melania Haleiana. PI. IX. Fig. 35. 



Testa Isevi, acuto-conoided, subtenui, luteo-corned, politd; spird elevatd; suturis impressis; anfractibus 

 novenis, convexis; aperturd parvd, ovatd, ad basim subangulatd, intus albidd. 



Shell smooth, acutely conical, rather thin, yellowish horn-colour, polished; spire elevated; sutures impressed; 

 whorls nine, convex; aperture small, ovate, at the base angular, within whitish. 



Hub. Alexandria, Louisiana. J. Hale, M. D. 

 My cabinet and cabinet of Dr. Hale. 

 Diam. .17, Length .64 of an inch. 



Remarks. — Among some fifty specimens of small Melanise sent by Dr. Hale, I found 

 three species, nearly the whole, however, being of the above described. It has no very 

 distinctive character, but cannot be placed with any species with which I am acquainted. 

 It resembles some of the young varieties of M. Virginica, Say, but has the whorls more 

 convex, and the aperture smaller. Four or five specimens are banded, and these have 

 uniformly two bands, the inferior one being larger and much more distinctly marked. 

 The first few whorls of the apex are carinate. The aperture is about one-fourth the 

 length of the shell. 



Melania pumila. PI. IX. Fig. 36. 



Testa lu'vi, obtuso-conoided, subcrassd, tenebroso-corned ; spirit depressd; suturis rattle impressis: anfractis 

 onvexis; aperturd elongatd, contractu, ad basim contortd, intus albidd. 



Shell smooth, obtusely conical ; rather thick, dark horn-colour; spire depressed; sutures much impressed; 

 whorls slightly convex; aperture elongate, contracted, twisted at the base, within whitish. 



