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Pils.) is confined, so far as our observations extend at present, 

 to the more rocky portions of the forest, where it lives among 

 the moss covering the huge granite bowlders, and among the 

 debris collected in their crevices. 



I sent this variety to the late Thomas Bland, in 1881, and 

 he remarked upon certain differences in the aperture, and 

 especially in the notch of the lip. The spire of this form is 

 very much elevated, so that many specimens are quite entirely 

 conical. They also vary somewhat in size, those from certain 

 stations being nearly or quite as large in major diameter as 

 the largest specimens of the following species. 



15. 6". stenotromun Ferussac. This species is locally dis- 

 tributed here at various stations, but is not of general dis- 

 tribution like the preceding. It is of the normal type, the 

 main variations being those of size only. 



The above are all the species of Stcnotrcma that we have 

 yet found here. S. ba) bigermn Redfield, found in counties 

 below us, has not been found here. It may be found hereafter, 

 as it belongs to our land-shell fauna. 



Selenites (Fischer, 1878). 



16. .S. cojicava. Say. This species occurs here, and is of 

 general distribution, being found, though sparingly, in all 

 stations and at all altitudes, to the very highest summits of 

 the mountains. The specimens from the middle elevations 

 and damper parts of the forest are the larger, and are by far 

 the finest examples of this species that I have ever seen. 

 The great distinctness of this shell from all others associated 

 with it is in striking contrast with the inter-relations of the 

 groups above enumerated. The animal has the carnivorous 

 habits of many Zoniies, the shells of which immature speci- 

 mens of this species resemble in texture. It is the sole 

 representative of the group in the Eastern United States. 



lyiMAX (Linn). 



17. Limax campcstris, Binney. Common about fields, 

 and exhibiting no varietal characters worthy of note. The 

 only Limax found here. 



