76 HELICID^E. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. Found in Florida, and 

 more abundantly in Texas, especially in the region of 

 Galveston. 



REMARKS. This species is very variable in its pro- 

 portions, but is easily distinguished from our other spe- 

 cies by its small aperture, elongated spire, and its color ; 

 its golden interior in fresh specimens, instead of the 

 usual silvery lustre, being its principal characteristic. 

 Its characters agree pretty well with a Mexican species 

 described by Mr. Say under the name of 8. undulata ; 

 and if any of our species were in view in that descrip- 

 tion, it must have been this one. In form it most resem- 

 bles S. avara, but it differs in size and color. The short- 

 est specimens resemble 8. campestris, but there is no 

 fold of the columella. [G.] 



5. SUCCINEA AUREA, LEA. 

 PLATE LXVII. c. FIGURE 3. 



Testa elongato-ovata, tenui, lucida, succinea, anfractibus 

 tribus convexis, superne subtabulatis ; sutura impressa ; 

 apertura angusta, ovata ; columella vix plicata. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Succinea aurea, LEA, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1841, II. 32. 

 DESCRIPTION. 



SHELL very symmetrical in form, elongated oval, the 

 texture very thin and lucid, and of a clear amber color ; 

 whorls three, the suture deeply impressed, and the 



