ANCULOTUS. 



Plate III. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Anculotus flammatus. Anc. testa ovato-globosd, fla- 

 vescente, sem ipellucidd,Jlammis undatis purpureo-fuscis 

 interruptis strigatd, spird parvd, depressd, anfractihus 

 superue coarctatis et obtuse rotundatis, inferne ventri- 

 cosis, aperturd quadrato-ovatd, columella late ap- 

 pressd. 



The flamed Anculotus. Shell ovately globose, yel- 

 lowish, semitransparent, striped with waved inter- 

 rupted names of purple-brown, spire small, depressed, 

 whorls contracted and obtusely rounded at the upper 

 part, rather ventricose towards the lower, aperture 

 squarely ovate, columella broadly appressed. 



Lea, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. vol. xi. p. 30. 



Hab. Alabama. 



Distinguished by a somewhat blunt, contracted growth 

 round the upper part, and longitudinally interruptedly 

 wave-striped with purple-brown. 



Species 19. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Anculotus ligatus. Anc. testa conoideo-globosd, oliva- 

 ced, mridi quadrifasciatd, spird subexsertd, anfractihus 

 superne obtuse rotundatis, medio concavo-coarctatis, 

 aperturd oblique ovatd, columella purpurea maculatd. 



The tied Anculotus. Shell conoidly globose, olive, 

 encircled with four green bands, spire rather exserted, 

 whorls obtusely rounded at the upper part, concavely 

 contracted in the middle, aperture obliquely ovate, 

 columella purple-spotted. 



Anthony, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Alabama, United States. 



A compact conoidly globose bright-coloured species, 

 concavely contracted in the middle. 



Species 20. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Anculotus pictus. Anc. testa ovato-globosd, solidius- 

 culd, politd,Jlnvesce>ite-olivaced, lineis viridibus remote 

 interruptis cingulata, spird parvd, obtusd, anfractihus 

 superue coarctato-rot undatis, aperturd pyriformi, colu- 

 mella valde callosd. 



The painted Anculotus. Shell ovately globose, ra- 

 ther solid, polished, yellowish-olive, encircled with 

 distantly interrupted green lines, spire small, obtuse, 



whorls contractedly rounded at the upper part, aper- 

 ture pear-shaped, columella very callous. 



Con had, New Freshwater Shells, p. G2. Silliman's Journ. 

 v. 2. pi. 1. f. 15. 



Hub. Alabama, United States. 



A very characteristic little species, of a stunted pear- 

 like form, painted with interrupted bands. 



Species 21. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Anculotus obovatus. Anc. testa oblongo-ovatd,flaves- 

 ceute-olivaced, spird parviusculd, anfractihus superiie 

 rotundatis, delude concavo-plunatis, versus basin atte- 

 ii i<at is, aperturd elongato-pyriformi, infra mbsinuatd, 

 columella inferne calloso-reflexd. 



The obovate Anculotus. Shell oblong-ovate, yellow- 

 ish-olive, spire rather small, whorls rounded at the 

 upper part, then concavely flattened, attenuated to- 

 wards the base, aperture elongately pear-shaped, 

 slightly sinuated below, columella callously reflected 

 at the lower part. 



Melania obovata, Say, New Harm. Diss. vol. ii. p. 276. 



Hab. Alabama, United States. 



Of a peculiar oblong ChilinaAike form, without marking. 



Species 22. (Mus. V. d. Busch.) 



Anculotus plicatus. Anc. testa oblique ovatd, snbglo- 

 bosd, spird modice exsertd, fusco-olivaced, pnrpureo- 

 fusco bi-trifasciald, anfractibus declivi-convexk, inter- 

 dum spiraliter liratis, superne tenuiplicatis, plicis tri- 

 seriatim granulatis, aperturd ovatd, columella late cal- 

 losd, paululum rejlexd, purpureo-tiuctd. 



The plicated Anculotus. Shell obliquely ovate, sub- 

 globose, spire moderately exserted, fuscous-olive, en- 

 circled with two or three purple-brown bands, whorls 

 slopingly convex, sometimes spirally ridged, finely 

 plicated round the upper part, plaits with three rows 

 of granules, aperture ovate, columella broadly callous, 

 a little reflected, purple-stained. 



Conkad, New Freshwater Shells, p. 61. pi. 8. f. IS. 

 Anculosa tuberculata, Lea. 



Hab. United States. 



Finely plicated round the upper part of the whorls, with 



three rows of grains on the plaits. 



April, 1860. 



