194 AMERICAN JOURNAL 



DESCRIPTION OP A NEW SPECIES OF LIMNEA 



BY S. S. HALDEMAN. 



LiMNEA TECHELLA, Hald. — Plate 6, fig. 4. 



Testa curta, inflata, perforata, diaphana, pallide viridi-ochra- 

 cea, polita; anfractibus 5 convexis ; aperturS ampla, interne 

 subangulata. Long. 3 — 4 lin. (6 — 10 millim.) Texas. 



Surface smoother than in L. buUmoides, Lea, of Oregon, with 

 the lines of accretion less apparent, and the labium more angu- 

 lar. In some individuals the shell is thick enough to be cor- 

 rodeda 



