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tis, ultimo grandi ; apertura subgrandi, elongato-elliptica, intus albida ; labro 

 acuto : columella albida, incrassata, arcuata, ad basim retusa. 

 Sab. — Coosa River. Alabama. E. R. Showalter, M. D. 



Melaxia punicea. — Testa larvi, subeylindracea, crassa, punicea ; spira ele- 

 vatu, conica; suturis impressis; anfractibus convexiusculis; apertura parva, 

 rotundo-ovata, intus alba ; labro acuto ; columella incrassata, alba, ad basim 

 rotundata. 



Bab. — Goosa River, Alabama. E. R. Showalter, M. D. 



Melaxia luteola. — Testa laevi, subelliptica, subtenui, pallido-Iutei ; spira 

 subelevata, conoidea ; suturis paulisper impressis ; anfractibus planiusculis : 

 apertura subgrandi, intus albida ; labro acuto ; columella albida, incurva ; ad 

 basjm obtuso-angulata. 



Hab. — Alabama River. E. R. Sbowalter, M. D. 



Melaxia fascixaxs. — Testa laevi, subfusiformi, crassiuscula,, luteo-cornea, 

 nitida ; spira, elevato-conica ; suturis impressis ; anfractibus convexiusculis ; 

 apertura subgrandi, intus alba, trivittata; labro acuto; columella alba, ad 

 basim retusa. 



Bab. — Yellowleaf Creek, Shelby County, Alabama. E. R. Sbowalter, M. D. 



Melaxia quadrivittata. — Testa laevi, subelliptica, crassiuscula, viridi-lutea, 

 nitida ; spira obtuse conoidea ; suturis valde impressis ; anfractibus octonis, 

 convexiusculis ; apertura subconstricta, rhombo-ovata, intus albida, quadri- 

 vittata ; labro acuto ; columella incurva, ad basim angulata. 



Hab. — Coosa River, Alabama. E. R. Showalter, M. D. 



Melaxia midas. — Testa laevi, cylindraceo-elliptica, crassiuscula, virente, 

 obsolete vittata ; suturis irregulariter impressis ; anfractibus compressiusculis, 

 ultimo pergrandi, infernd obsolete striata ; apertura grandi, aurieulaeformis, 

 intus caeruleo-alba ; labro acuto ; columella caeruleo-alba, incrassata, inflecta, 

 ad basim obtuse angulata. 



Bab. — Coosa and Alabama Rivers, near Wetumpka. E. R. Showalter, M. D. 



Melaxia variata. — Testa laevi, subfusiformi, obtuso-conica, crassiuscula. 

 vel luteoll vel purpurescente ; suturis irregulariter impressis ; anfractibus 

 senis, superne planiusculis, ultimo inflato ; apertura grandi, intus vel luteola 

 vel purpurescente ; labro acuto ; columella arcuata, inspissata, ad basim obtuse 

 angulata. 



Bab. — Coosa River, at Wetumpka and Montevallo, Bibb County, Alabama. 

 E. R. Showalter. M. D. 



Melaxia virgclata. — Testa laevi, fusiformi, conica, crassiuscula, nitida, on- 



