90 DESCRIPTION OF NEW 



Melania Buddii. PI. IX. Fig. 44. 



Testa striata, cylindracea, subtenui, corned; spird allenuatd; suturis impresses; anfractibus planulalis ; 

 aperiurd nana, ellipticd, inlus albidd. 



Shell striate, cylindrical, rather thin, horn-colour; spire attenuated ; sutures impressed; whorls flattened ; aper- 

 ture small, elliptical, within whitish. 



Hab. Tennessee ? B. W. Budd, M. D. 



My cabinet and cabinet of Dr. Budd. 

 Diam. .32, Length 1.07 inches. 



Remarks. — I have two specimens before me, both of which have seventeen revolving 

 stritc on the lower whorl. They have also a single small band immediately below the 

 middle of the body whorl, which is hidden on the superior whorls. Each of the specimens 

 under examination has the apex broken, but I presume the number of whorls may reach 

 to ten. Eight may be counted in one of these. Dr. Budd mentions, in a note, that "out 

 of six, five have a band." The aperture is about one-fourth the length of the shell. This 

 species is nearly allied to the striate variety of Mr. Say's M. Virginica, which he called 

 multistriata. The Buddii may be distinguished by its being flattened on the whorls, in 

 being more angular on the superior part of the whorls, and in being more attenuate. 



Melania harpa. PI. IX. Fig. 45. 



Testa striata, conoided, subcrassd, corned; spird subelevatd ; suturis subimpressis ; anfructibus subr.onvexis; 

 apertura parvd, ellipticd, ad basim angulata, inlus albidd. 



Shell striate, conical, rather thick, horn-colour; spire rather elevated; sutures rather impressed; whorls some- 

 what convex; aperture small, elliptical, angular at the base, within whitish. 



Hab. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. B. W. Budd, M. D. 



Cabinet of Dr. Budd. 

 Diam. .42, Length .8 of an inch. 



Remarks. — I am' not able to place this with any of the species submitted to me by Dr. 

 Budd, and although a single specimen only is under examination, I have considered it 

 new. It has some resemblance to J\I. Haysiana, but is not so cylindrical, and the aper- 

 ture is not so narrow. It is transversely striate over the whole whorls. The length of 

 the aperture is about two-fifths the length of the shell. The aperture being eroded, the 

 number of whorls cannot be ascertained. 



Melania arctata. PI. IX. Fig. 46. 



Testa striata, cnarctatd, crassd, luleo-corned; spird conoided; suturis valde. imprcssis; anfractibus senis. 

 planulatis; apertura parvd, rhomboided, inlus albidd. 



Shell striate, compressed, thick, yellowish horn-colour; spire conical; sutures much impressed: whorls six, 

 flattened; aperture small, rhomboidal, within whitish. 



Hab. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. B. W. Budd, M. D. 

 My cabinet and cabinet of Dr. Budd. 

 Diam. .ID, Length .90 of an inch. 



