GONIOBASIS. 



291 



caster County, Pa., p. 470. Halbemax, Am. Jour. Sci., xli, p. 22. DeKat, 



3Ioll. N. Y., p. 90, t. 7, f. 141. WiiEATLEY, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 27. Hartmav, 



Catalogue Shell.-i, Chester Co., Pa. Bkot, List, p. 35. Gikard, Proc. Kational 



Inst., i, No. 2, p. 82. Jay, Cat., 4th edit., p. 275. Reeve, Monog. Melania, sp. 



321. Villa., Cat., Syst. p. 3G, 1841. 

 lo Virginica, Say, JIoRCii, Yoldi Cat. p. 56. 

 Ceriphasia Virginica, Gmel., Adams, Genera, i, p. 297. 



Juffa Virginica, Say, C'liExu, Man. de Conchyl., i, f. 2019. Adams, Genera, i, p. 304. 

 Melania muUiUneata, Say, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., ii, p. 380, Dec, 1^2. Am. Conch., 



pt. 5, t. 47, f. 2. BlXNET's edit., pp. Ill and 129. Binney, Check List, No. 169. 



DeKay, JIoU. Kept, to Regents, p. 32. Moll. N. York, p. 97. Wheatley, Cat. 



Shells U. S., p. 26. Hartmax, Cat. Shells Chester Co., Penn. Catlow, Conch. 



Nomenc, p. 1S7. Girard, Proc. Nat. Inst., i. No. 2, p. 82, March, 1856. Phil- 



IPPI, Neiier Conchyl. Melania, t. 2, f. 13. 

 Jiiga multilineata , Say, Adams, Genera, i, p. 304. 

 Melania auriscalpium, Men'KE, Syn., Meth., p. 136, 1830. 

 Melania curia, Menke, Syn. Meth., p. 13C, 1830. 

 Melania fasciata, Menke, Syn. Meth., p. 136, 1830. 

 Melania lizonalis, DeKay, Moll. N. Y., p. 91, t. 7, f. 140, a. b. 1843. Binney, Check 



List, No. 35. 

 Melania Jitiddii, DeKay, Wheatley, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 24. 

 Melania gemma, DeKay, Moll. N. Y., p. 91, t. 7, f. 142, 1843. Binney, Check List, 



No. 110. BuoT, List, p. 38. 

 Melania strigillata, Muhlfeldt, MSS. 

 Melania inemta, Anthony, Bost. Proc, iii, p. 362, Dec, 1850. Binney, Check List, 



No. 145. Brot, List, p. 58. 



Description. — Shell turretcd, usually truncate, eroded at tip, oli- 

 vaceous or blackish-brown ; whorls about six, but little rounded, 

 crossed by obvious wrinkles ; a dull reddish line revolves near the 



Fig. 565a. 



Fig. 664. 



Fig. 563. Fig. 565. 



Fig. 562. 



Fig. 566. 



base of the whorls, and another near or upon the middle, both some- 

 times obsolete or wanting; labrum a little prominent towards the 

 base. Animal bluish- white beneath, with orange clouds each side 

 of the mouth; above pale orange, shaded with dusky and banded 

 with numerous black interrupted lines ; mouth advanced into a ros- 

 trum as long as the tentacula, which are darker at base, and seta- 

 ceous; foot with an undulated outline. Var. A. Shell destitute of 

 the rufous bands. 



Ol)servations.— i:\\\s species is very abundant in the Delaware and 



