344 LAND AND FRESH-WATER SHELLS OF N. A. [PART IV. 



4. E. lepida, Lea. 



Melania propria, Lea, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1861, p. 123. 



Goniohnsis lepida. Lea. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci., v, pt. 3, p. 227, t. 34, f. 17, March, 

 18G3. Obs., ix, p. 49. 



DescriiMnn. — Shell smooth, siibfusiform, rather thin, yellowish 

 horn-color, obscurely banded, shining ; spire raised ; sutures very 

 much impressed; whorls about six, slightly convex above, inflated 

 below; aperture rather large, ovate, yellowish-white within; outer 

 lip acute; columella inflected, thickened above and rounded at the 

 base. 



Habitat. — Yellowleaf Creek, Shelby County, Alabama; Dr. E. R. 

 Showalter. 



Diameter, -42; length, '98 of an inch. 



Observations. — A single specimen was sent to me by Dr. Lewis, 



Mohawk, N. Y., who received it from Dr. Showalter. It is allied to 



straminea herein described, and to Ilelania proteits (nobis). 

 Fig. 654. 



It was more elongate than the former, and larger and darker 



horn-color. It difi'ers from the latter in not being so solid 

 and in being more oval. The specimen before me is eroded 

 at the apex, and therefore the apical whorls cannot be de- 

 scribed, nor the number correctly ascertained. There is a 

 slight swelling below the suture, and irregular flattenings 

 on the bulge of the whorls. A single obscure baud is visible on 

 the upper part of the whorls, and some obscure striae on the lower 

 part. — Lea. 



The shouldered whorls, and irregular flattenings will place 

 this species in the genus Eunjccelon, instead of Goniobasfs, 

 where it is put by Mr. Lea. This species was first published 

 under the name of propria, but that name being preoccupied 

 by Mr. Lea himself, it was subsequently changed to lepida. 



5. E. proteus, Lea. 



Melania proteus, Lea, Philos. Proc, iv, p. 16R, 1845. Philos. Trans., x, \>. 57, t. 9, 



f. 28. Obs., iv, p. 57. Bixney. Check List, No. 219. Bkot, List, p. 33. 

 Juga proteus, Lea, Adams, Genera, i, p. 304. 



Description. — Shell smooth, subcylindrical, thick, pup^form, yel- 

 lowish horn-color; spire elevated; sutures impressed; aperture small, 

 rhoraboidal, angular at the base, within whitish. 



