S U C C I N E A. 



Species 24-. (Mus. Brit.) 



SucciXEA suD(3KAN-os.\. Sw. tcM jiarcd, iivatd, opacil, 

 sitbgramiso-rwjatd, pallide corned ; Sjnrd etevatd, 

 aciiminatd, anfractibus tribus, rotandatis ; aperturd 

 flavidd, antice oblique productd, labia rolunuUari 

 subcongpicue tortuo. 



The subgkanose Sl-ccinea. Shell sinall. ovatc'. opaque, 

 rather granvilarly roughened, pale horny ; s|iire 

 elevated, acuminated, whorls three, rounded ; 

 aperture yellowish, anteriorly obliquely produced, 

 columellar lip rather conspicuously tortuous. 



Pfeiffek. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1819, p. 132. 



Hab. India. 



A little species with rounded whorls resembling the 

 British Succinea oblonira. 



Sp, 



■2r,. (Mus. Brit. 



SUCCINKA CALYCINA. Slir. list:'/ ijnirill i lll'l , fivll'jiltil, 



tfnuisaiiiij'h pdllidi: corned, pdlucidd, niUiiti ; s/nni 

 proi/nctd, (icaminatd, anfnictibus apicalibus parvii<, 

 fiifci^, peniillinw atteimato : aperturd elonr/atd, 

 anjustd, iintice subexpansd. 



The chalice Succinea. Shell very slender, elongated, 

 very thin, pale horny, pellucid, shining; spire 

 produced, acuminated, apical whorls small, brown, 

 the last attenuated, aperture elongated, narrow, 

 anteriorly slightly expanded. 



Menke. Synopsis, ed. 2, p. 14. 



Hab. tiermany. 



This species is so long and narrow, that it can 

 scarcely be a mere yariety of Succinea P/eijferi, a.% some 

 supposed. 



Species 25. (Fig. a. b, Mus. Brit.) 



Succinea rubescens. Sue. testd oblique uratd, ventri- 

 cosd, leviter longitudinal iter striata, opacd, snbpiir- 

 pureo-rosed, prope marginemetad npiram aurantid : 

 aperturd, cdbido-rosed, iridescenti ; spird exserld, 

 obtudusculd, anfractibus duohus : aperturd obliiptd, 

 ovatd, anrantio marginatd, lahio interno .<ubarcuato, 

 anfractu ultimo magno. 



The reddish Succinea. Shell obliquely ovate, ventri- 

 cose, lightly longitudinally striated, opaque, pur- 

 plish-rose, orange near the margin and at the 

 spire ; aperture whitish-rose, iridescent ; spire 

 e.xserted, rather obtuse, whorls two ; aperture 

 oblique, ovate, margined with orange, inner lip 

 rather arched, last whorl large. 



Deshayes. Guerin, Magasin de Conchyliologie, 183o, 

 pi. 4. 



Hab. Gtwdeloujie. 



Species 27. (Fig. </, 6, Mus. Brit. ) 



SccciNKA AiTuo.MMATA. Sur. tcstd clougatd. .<ubpyn- 

 foniii, viride svceiiicd, pellucidd, versus apicem 

 ridiescenii, apice acuiinnato, anfractibus rotandatis; 

 aperturd obliqud subp;/ramidatd. labia coluniellari 

 tenui, arcuato. 



The appro.ximate Succinea. Shell elongated, subpy- 

 rifonn, bright amber, pellucid, reddish towards 

 the apex, whorls rounded ; aperture oblique sub- 

 pyramidal, columellar lip thin, arched. 



Shuttleworth ? 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



Less oblique and with more rounded whorJs than 

 our British Succinea gracilis, which in other respects 

 it resembles. 



August, 1872. 



