230 LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF N. A. [PAUT IV. 



F. Bodi/ whorl hy-miiUiangulated. 

 118. G. tabulata, Anthony. 



Melnnia tnhuUita, ANTirONi, Ann. N. Y. Lye. Nat. Hist., vi, p. 118, t. 3, f. 18, March, 

 1854. BiNNEY, Check List, No. 202. Beot, List, p. 39. 



Dtscription. — Shell ovate-conic, smooth, thin, of a dark brown 

 color externally; spire not remarkably elevated, with a rather con- 

 cave outline ; whorls about five, upper ones convex, penult whorl 

 flat, body-whorl subangulated into several planes, with a distinctly 

 Fi" 455 Y\s 4;')5a i^P^essed suture ; aperture rather large, ovate, 

 within of a beautiful, reddish-purple; columella 

 slightly curved, indented, and with a narrow, re- 

 curved sinus at base. 

 Habitat. — Tennessee. 

 Diameter, -34 (8i millim.) ; length, -02 of an inch 

 (16 millim.). Length of aperture, -31 (8 millim.); breadth of aper- 

 ture, -17 of an inch (4 millim.). 



Observations. — I know of no species with which this is liuble to be 

 confounded ; its ample body-whorl, the broad, angular, and shelving 

 shoulder on the body and penult whorls, while the upper ones are 

 wanting in this character, and above all the tabulation of the penult 

 whorl are its most striking characteristics, and will at once distin- 

 guish it from all other species ; the lines of growth are rather coarse, 

 curved and ^approximate. — Anthony. 



119. G. pulcherrima, Anthony. 



Melnnia pnlcherrima, Anthony, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., p. 58, Feb., 18fi0. BiNNEY 

 Check List, No. 222. Bkox, List, p. 37. Reeve, Mouog. Melania, sp. .336. 



Description. — Shell conical, carinate, elevated, acute ; whorls G-8, 

 flat, upper ones obscurely ribbed, longitudinal; body-whorl sharply 

 angulated, with a dai'k browu band directly upon the carina, and two 

 or three below it, of which one is very near the carina; upper whorls 

 with two bands each, widel}' separated ; sutures distinct, rendered 

 more so by the neighboring carina; aperture ovate, within three or 

 four banded ; columella rounded and indented ; sinus small. 



Habitat. — North Carolina. 



Observations. — A small, but remarkably beautiful species ; its 



