Descriptions of New Fluviatile Shells. 108 



22. Melawia eleganttila. 



Plate III. Fig. 2. 



T. ovato-conica, glabra, yiridula ; spiia brevi ; anfr. 5-G, humerosis, 

 superioribus supra suturam nigro-unifasciatis, ultimo subcylinclrico, 

 fasciis fuscis 2 vel 3 cincto ; suturis inconspicuis ; apertura elongato- 

 ovata, intus fasciata ; labro subsinuato ; columella incurva, in simim 

 tenuem producta. 



Shell obtusely conical, smooth ; whorls 5-6, irregularly shoul- 

 dered and angulated ; body whorl dark olive-green color, with 

 two or three darker bands, which are visible also within the 

 aperture ; upper whorls of a very light green color, with one 

 light brown sub-central band, and another so near the upper 

 part of the whorl as to be almost concealed by the suture; 

 sutures rather obscure ; aperture rather large, irregularly ovate ; 

 columella much indented near its base, outer lip sinuous. 



Length 0.60 inch (15 millim.). Diam. 0.25 inch (6 millim.). 



Length of aperture 0.28 inch (7 millim.). 



Breadth of do. 0.16 inch (-i millim.). 



Habitat. — Kentucky. 



My cabinet. Cab. Lye. Nat. Hist., K Y. B. W. Budd, M. D. 



Obs. — A singularly ornamented species, of which only two 

 specimens are before me, and which cannot be compared with 

 any described species. The apex is eroded in the specimens 

 under observation, and only five whorls are visible, but it 

 evidently has one more when perfect. The whorls form a 

 shelving shoulder from the suture, and are then nearly flat, 

 the body whorl being, perhaps, slightly concave. Altogether 

 it presents a remarkable and beautiful appearance, and no one 

 need be at a loss to recognise it after once having seen a speci- 

 men. Three bands are visible in the interior. 



