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tentacles. Besides Helix, a very abundant cosmopolitan 

 land pulmonate is Pupa. 1 Being of small size, it is, how- 





Fi<i. 151. Helix n?)n-jralix, from Lexington, Va., collected by Professor J. L. 

 Howe, showing variation in stripes. Upper line, first figure, normal form, 

 5 stripes; other figures of first and second lines show reduction of stripes; 

 third line shows broader (and fewer) stripes (the last figure is very dark 

 and is poorly reproduced). The shells in the lowest line show more than 

 five stripes. From a photograph; reduced one-half. 



ever, less commonly known. It is found in woods under 

 leaves or in old stumps and decaying logs, where it feeds. 

 The shell is many times whorled, and has a 

 blunt apex. 



Intermediate between the terrestrial and 

 aquatic pulmonates is the family Auriculidye, 

 the members of which live on the seashore, 



in salt marshes or 011 rocks where they FlG - 152 - Me ~ 

 , i-i lampus,the salt- 



may even be immersed in brackish water marsh snail. 



A little girl or doll. 



Nat. size. Photo, 

 by W.H.C.P. 



