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ture, and by liaviug several revolving striai at base. It is a solid 

 shell of compact texture and seems to be rare, as only two specimens 

 have come under my notice. — Anthony. 



Very closely allied to G. crepera., Lea. 



219. G. Vanxixemiana, Lka. 



Melanla Vanuxemiana, Lea, Proc. Philos. Soc, ii, p. 242, Dec, 1842. Philos. Tr.ins. 



ix, p. 25. Obs., ix, p. 25. Reeve, ]\Ionog. INIeKinia, sp. 453. Bkot, List, p. 33. 

 Melania Vanuxemensis, Lea, Wheatley, Cat. Shells U. S., p. 27. Binnev, Check 



List, No. 283. 

 Megara Vanuxemiana, Lea, Adams, Genera, i, p. 303. 



Description. — Shell striate, obtusely conical, solid, yellowish, banded ; 

 Fig. 599. Fig. coo. spirc rather short ; sutures impressed; whorls 

 six, somewhat convex; columella thickened 

 above ; aperture ovate, white. 

 Habitat. — Alabama. 

 Diameter, -42 ; length, '73 of an inch. 

 Observations. — A very pretty symmetrical 

 species, having the mouth rather more than 

 one-third the length of the shell. A single specimen only is before 

 me. It has five nearly equidistant, coarse, striae, and four purple 

 bands. It is somewhat like M. oralis herein described, but has a 

 wider aperture, and a higher spire. I name it after my friend, Prof. 

 Vauuxem. — Lea. 



220. G. Coosaensis, Lka. 



Melania cooscensis, Lea, Proc. Acad. 'Sat. Sci., 1801, p. 118. 



Goniobasis coosrensis, LEA, Jour. Acid. Nat. Sci., v, pt. 3, p. 234, t. 34, f. 30, March, 

 18G3. Obs., ix, p. 50. 



Description. — Shell striate, fusiform, horn-color, four-banded, rather 

 thick; spire rather raised, conical; sutures very mucli impressed; 

 whorls seven, slightly convex, sulcate; aperture constricted. Fig. fiOl. 

 elongate elliptical, whitish and four-banded within; outer 

 lip acute, subcrenulate ; columella slightly thickened, in- 

 curved and obtusely angular at the base. 



Habitat. — Coosa River, Alabama; E. R. Showalter, M.t). 



Diameter, -42 of an inch; length, 1-2 inches. 



Observations. — About a dozen specimens of various ages 

 are before me. They all bear the four well mai-ked bauds, more dis- 

 tinct from the inside. The transverse striae are coarse and I'ounded, 



