NEW MELANM OF THE UNITED STATES. 229 



Shell smooth, subfusiform, rather thick, yellowish green, polished four-banded; 

 spire obtusely conical; sutures regularly impressed; whorls six, shghtly flattened 

 above ; aperture rather large, elliptical, whitish and banded within ; outer hp acute ; 

 columella incurved and rounded at the base. 



Melania suavis, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., 1861, p. 169. 

 # a& .__Coosa River, Alabama. E. R. Showalter, M. D. 

 My cabinet and cabinet of Dr. Showalter. ^^ ^ ^ 



^toll-There are two specimens before me of this pretty little specie, both of 

 the same size and appearance in every way. The bands are remarkably perfect and 

 well defined, and the two middle ones, in these specimens, are approximate, while they 

 are equidistant from that above and below. It reminds one of Melama ovaUs (nobs), 

 but it has a higher spire and is more disposed to be fusiform. The greemsh yellow 

 tint, its well marked bands and shining surface, give it a very agreeable aspect. 



GONIOBASIS FASCINANS. PI. 34, fig. 20. 

 Test. l*vi subfusifonni, crassiuscuia, luteo-cornea, nitida ; spira elevato-conica ; suturis impressis ; a.fiac- 

 tZn^^, aperturt subgrandi, intus alba, trivittata ; labro acute ; — alba, ad basim 



retusa. . . 



Shell smooth, subfusiform, somewhat thick, yellowish horn-color sinning ; spire 

 high conical ; sutures impressed , whorls slightly convex ; aperture rather large, wlnte 

 an°d three-banded within ; outer lip acute ; columella white and retuse at base. 

 Melania fvtmam, Proc. Ac»d. Nat. Sci. 1861, p. 119 



fixS-Tellowleaf Creek, Shelby County, Alabama. E. E. Showalter, M. D. 



My cabinet and cabinet of Dr. Showalter. ^ ^ .^ 



D B«„'ai-This graceful and beautifully banded species, is allied to mania p^ 

 *« Anth. It is move elongate and ha, only three bands usually, which are deep 

 brown, well dehned and nearly equidistant; but sometimes has a thin additiona 

 le Mow the middle one. Neither of the two specimens before me have a perfect 

 an X o that the number of whorls might be determined, but a perfeet mature 

 Icimen would probably exhibit seven. In the penultimate whorl are two bands 

 onlse above only one can be observed. The aperture is more than one-third 

 the length of the shell. 



GONIOBASIS PROPRIA. PI. 34, fig. 21. 



Testa hm.ftudta-d, luteo-oliva, quadrivittata, subcrassa; spira obiuso-ccnoidea j suturis impress ; a. 

 Ltibus senis,conve S iusculis; apertura subgraudi, elongato-eilipUea. inhis albida et vtttata, labro 



acute: columella inflecta, alba, ad basim subangulata. 



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