30 DESCRIPTION OF 
ANCULOSA FLAMMATA. 
Testd levi, ovato-gibbosd, crassa, luteold, oblique flammatd; spird brevissimd; suturis impressis; anfractibus sub- 
planulatis; columella superné percrassd; aperturd submagnd, ellipticd, albidd, 
Shell smooth, ovately gibbous, thick, yellowish, obliquely flammulate; spire very short; sutures impressed; whorls some- 
what flattened; columella very thick above; aperture rather large, elliptical, whitish. 
Hab. Alabama. E. Foreman, M.D. Cabinet of Dr. Foreman. Diam. .38, Length .49 of an inch. 
Remarks.—A single specimen, brokenon the outer lip, is before me. The middle of the 
whorl is slightly flattened. The spire is eroded, and little more than one whorl is present- 
ed. The epidermis on this part is nearly perfect, and exhibits a fine yellow ground with 
thickly set, oblique, flammulate, brown bands. 'This species is very distinct from any I 
know, not being aware that flammulate bands have been before observed in any of this 
genus. Ina single species of Melania, somewhat similar bands exist, the M. breviformis 
(Pareyss,) from New Holland. 
PALUDINA INCRASSATA. 
Tesié levi, ellipticd, subtenui, imperforatd, tenebroso-corned; suturis subimpressis; anfractibus subconveais; colu- 
mella superné incrassatd; apertura subrotundatd, parva, intus ceruled. 
Shell smooth, elliptical, rather thin, imperforate, dark horn colour; sutures somewhat impressed; whorls somewhat 
convex; columella thickened above; aperture rather round, small, within bluish. 
Hab. Alabama. HE. Foreman, M.D. Cabinet of Dr. Foreman, Diam. .52, Length . . . of an inch. 
Remarks.—Rather more than the first whorl only of the specimen before me is per- 
fect, and I would not have proposed it for a new species, but that this part differs from 
any which has come under my notice. The callus on the superior part of the columella is 
very like that we find in the genus Anculosa. 'The aperture is smaller than usual in this 
genus. The upper whorls being decollate, neither their number nor the form of the 
spire can be given. 
PALUDINA COARCTATA. 
Testd levi, ovatd, coarctatd, crass, imperforatd, olivaced; spird exsertd; suturis valde impressis; anfractibus planu- 
latis; apertura subparvd, ovata, alba. 
Shell smooth, ovate, compressed, thick, imperforate, olive colour; spire drawn out; sutures much impressed; whorls 
flattened; aperture rather small, ovate, white. 
Hab. Alabama. E. Foreman, M.D. Cabinet of Dr. Foreman. Diam. .50, Length .98 of an inch. 
Remarks.—This species, of which a single specimen only was received, differs from 
all of the genus which has come under my notice. It is remarkable for its compressed 
form, the body whorl being quite flattened. The apex is eroded, which prevents the num- 
ber of whorls being ascertained: there appear to be five. The aperture is less round than 
usual in this genus, and may be rather more than half the length of the shell. 
