328 LAND AND FRESH-WATEU SHELLS OF N. A. [pART IV. 



I think virgulata is only the young of glandaria. The two 

 figures, which are copies of Mr. Lea's, will assist the reader in 

 forming his judgment of the correctness of my determination. 



238. G. Clara, Anthony. 



Melanin clara, Anthony, Ann. N. Y. Lye, vi, p. 119, t. 3, f. 19, March, 1854. Bin- 

 NEY, Check List, No. 55. Brot, List, p. 32. 



Description. — Shell ovate, smooth, thick; spire not elevated; whorls 

 seven, flat, nearly smooth ; upper ones rapidly enlarging to the body- 

 whorl, which is very large and ornamented with four conspicuous, 

 brown bands, on a clear and well contrasting yellow ground; the 

 upper band is distant and alone, near the suture, while the others are 

 crowded and below the middle ; sutures impressed ; aperture large, 



_. „, ovate, banded inside ; columella nearly straight, with no 

 Fig. 631. ' ' J b ! 



remarkable sinus at base. 

 Habitat. — Alabama. 



Diameter, -38 (10 millim.) ; length, -70 of an inch (18 

 millim.). Length of aperture, -40 (10 millim.); breadth 

 of aperture, -20 of an inch (5 millim.). 

 Observations. — Allied to 31. olivida, Conrad, in general form, but 

 seems to differ by its body-whorl, which is subangulated at its upper 

 part, near the top of the aperture, and slightly so at the middle; the 

 whorls of the spire have only one band, which is above the middle; 

 lines of growth distinct, giving the upper whorls a slightly varicose 

 character. — Anthony. 



239. G. inflata, Haldeman. 



Melania inflata, Haldeman, Cover of No. 3, Monog. LimniadeB, March, 1841. 

 BiNNEY, Check List, No. 14G. Bkot, List, p. 40. Reeve, Monog. Mel.ania, 

 8p. 410. 



Description. — Shell conical, with 3-4 flat turns ; lines of growth un- 



deviating; aperture as long as the spire, very narrow, elliptic, slightly 



produced, and turned to the left anteriorlv ; color brown 



Fig, 632. 

 or green, inside banded with reddish. 



Habitat. — Alabama Eiver; Mr. Conrad, /^\V 



Length, h, of an inch. 



Observations. — Allied to 3L stygia. — Haldeman. 



The above description does not correspond with 

 that of germana, Anthoii}', but if the figure here given (which 



