20 ORCULA. 



Biplicata Loc. Shell like the type in shape, but with only- 

 one columellar fold visible, the second obsolete or reduced to 

 the condition of a mere prominence and hardly visible. Les 

 alluvions du Ehone a Lyon. 



Moquin-Tandon (Moll. Fr., ii, 1855, p. 386) noticed a var. 

 albina (Menke, Syn. Moll., p. 33), with the shell whitish, from, 

 the valley of Campan. 



Pupa doliolum form curta Paulucci is said to be entirely 

 like the typical form with which it occurs, but the shell 

 shorter. Abruzzo or Umbria, Italy. Bull. Soc. Malac. ItaL, 

 vii, 1881, p. 120. 



The following descriptions of local forms from France are 

 taken from A. Locard's Conchyliologie Francaise: les Co- 

 quilles Terrestres de France, published separately 1894, and 

 in Annales Soc. d 'Agriculture, Sci et Ind. de Lyon (7 ser.), 

 vols, i-iii; the Pupillidffi in vol. iii, for 1895, dated 1896. As 

 the two publications were printed from the same type, with 

 merely change of pagination, there may be some doubt about 

 the date 1894. Perhaps the separates were published in ad- 

 vance of Vol. 3 of the Annales. 



All but one of the "species" are ascribed to Bonrguignat 

 in coll. The descriptions are by Locard, but who can blame 

 him for trying to shift responsibility for them ? 



The following are on page 323 of the Coq. terr. separate ; 

 page 211 of the Annales : 



Orcula alpium 'Bourguignat' Locard. Nearly cylindric, 

 narrowly elongate, a little tapering at base ; 10 slightly con- 

 vex whorls, suture little marked. Aperture narrowly ovate; 

 one quite strong median fold above, two immersed columellar 

 folds. Peristome expanded, reflected, not very thick. Shell 

 reddish-corneous with little gloss, ornamented, with strong, 

 regular stria?. Length 5y 2 to 6, diam. 21/4 mm. Eare ; clus de 

 St-Auban, Saorgio, de Fontan a Damas (Alpes-Maritimes). 



Orcula sublaevis 'Bourguignat' Locard. Nearly cylindric, 

 a little tapering at base ; 8 very slightly convex whorls, suture 

 very mediocre. Aperture oboval-rounded ; one large and thin 

 median lamella above ; only one quite small and deep-seated 

 columellar. Peristome interrupted, expanded, reflected, a 

 little thickened. Shell light corneous-reddish, little shining, 

 ornamented with more or less obsolete striae. Length 5*4. to 

 6, diam. 2 mm. Rare. Menton (Alpes-Maritimes). 



