54 DESCRIPTION OF NEW 
Remarks.—The form of this species is more attenuate than usual with the clavate forms. 
It has about ten whorls; those above the body whorl being disposed to be both plicate 
and striate. ‘Towards the apex they are all thickly striate. On all the specimens before 
me, on the lower whorls, there are irregular oblique striz, somewhat similar to those on 
the IZ. Ocoeénsis, (Nobis,) which give them a malleate character. On the upper margin 
of the whorls, along the sutures, there is usually an indistinct light line. The outer lip is 
broken. 
Me ania Broumeyi. Pl. XXX. Fig. 5. 
Testa striata, pyramidata, subcrassd, rufo-brunea; spird valde elevata, ad apice carinatd; suluris vir 
impressis ; anfractibus planulatis; apertura subgrandi, rhomboided, intus rubiginosd; columella tortd. 
Shell striate, pyramidal, rather thick, reddish-brown; spire very much elevated, carinate at the apex; sutures 
but slightly impressed ; whorls flattened; aperture rather large, rhomboidal, within rubiginose; columella twisted. 
, -Hab. Coosa river, Alabama, Prof. Brumby. Huntsville, Alabama, Mr. J. Clark. 
My cabinet and cabinets of Prof. Brumby and Mr. Clark. 
Diam. .53, Length 1.72, of an inch. 
Remarks.—This is a very remarkable species, and among the largest of our Melanivx, 
In form and size it is allied to annulifera, Con., but may easily be distinguished by its more 
numerous striz, its reddish colour, and the form of its aperture, which is more open. In 
the Brumby? there is an angle in the middle of the whorl, which gives the aperture a 
rhomboidal form. The columella is rufous and the channel whitish. The apex of each 
of them being broken, the number of whorls cannot be correctly ascertained. I should 
suppose there were at least ten. Some of the specimens here are beautifully granulate 
between the striz. The aperture is not quite one-fourth the length of the shell. Along 
the suture, on the upper part of the whorl, there is a line of a lighter colour than the 
other part. 
I dedicate this species to Prof. R. T. Brumby, who has done so much in bringing to 
light the interesting shells of Alabama. 
Merania osuita. Pl. XXX. Fig. 6. 
Testa valde carinata, turrita, cochlexformis, subtenui, corned; spird attenuata; suturis linearibus ; anfrac- 
tibus duodecim, acute carinaté; apertura parva, elliplica, intus albida; columella alba tortdque. 
Shell very much carinated, turreted, screw-shaped, rather thin, horn-coloured; spire drawn out; sutures 
linear ; whorls twelve, acutely carinate; aperture small, elliptical, within whitish; columella white and twisted. 
Hab. Tennessee ? 
My cabinet. 
Diam. .30, Length .96, of an inch. 
Remarks.—I have about a dozen of this species, which is very distinct from any 
with which I am acquainted. The locality I am uncertain about, the label being by 
some accident lost. I believe it comes from Tennessee, but am not certain. Its very 
marked character of a screw, or rather the end of a gimlet, strikes one at once. In 
most species there is a thread-like line above the carina and several below. The carina 
