CHIEFLY OF THE UNITED STATES. 333 



aperture large, ovate, within yellowish-white; outer lip acute; columella thickened 



above and very much twisted. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1868, p. 151. 



Rah. — Counesauga Creek, Whitfield County, Georgia, Major T. C. Downie, and 

 Oconee River, Rev. G. White. 



My cabinet and cabinets of Dr. Hartman, Academy of Natural Sciences and Mr. 

 Wheatley. 

 Diam. 'oS, Length -67 inch. 



BemarJcs. — Quite a number of this species were sent to me by Major Downie. It 

 belongs to the group of which flavescens is the type, but it is shorter and has a larger 

 aperture. It cannot be confounded with teiiehrosa, herein described, although it is 

 nearly of the same outline. That species is striate all over, has a larger aperture, a 

 less curved columella and is purple within, while luteoceUa has usually four bands, 

 or is entirely without bands. In outline it is somewhat like Ilel. {Gon.) auricuJa- 

 formis (nobis), but that is a smaller species, with a shorter spire and smooth. They 

 cannot be mistaken for each other. Some of the specimens are more striate than 

 others, and some are darker from having purple bands, which are well defined inside. 

 The aperture is nearly two-thirds the length of the shell. 



GONIOBASIS CONNESAUGAENSIS. PI. 54, fig. 11. 



Testa plicata, inferne striata, subfusiformi, subtenui, vel mellea vel ochracea vel tenebroso-fusca, nitida ; 

 spira conoidea; suturis impressis; anfractibus septeuis, planulatis; apcrtiira subconstricta, 

 rhomboidea, intus luteola vel tenebroso-fusca ; labro acuto ; columella inflexa et tortuosa. 



Shell plicate, striate below, subfusiform, rather thin, honey-yellow, either ochraceous 

 or dark brown, shining ; spire conical ; sutures impressed ; whorls seven, flattened ; 

 aperture somewhat constricted, rhomboidal, yellowish within or dark brown ; outer 

 lip acute ; columella inflected and twisted. 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1868, p. 152. 



Eah.~ Connesauga Creek, Whitfield County, Georgia, Major T. C. Downie. 



My cabinet. 

 Diam. -38, Length -72 inch. 



Eemarlcs. — The three specimens before me are all ^ of different colors, while the 

 outline, folds and striae are exactly the same. The dark one has its color from the 

 dark bands, which run together and thus make the whole a very dark brown. The 

 folds are low and distant, and occupy the upper half of all the whorls, and the 

 transverse strice occupy, with great regularity, the lower half The lower whorl has 

 about seven folds, which are here merely slight irregular risings of the surface. It is 

 remarkable that one specimen should be covered with confluent bands and the other 

 two be bandless. The outline of this species is very nearly the same as that of 



