LIMNiEA.— Plate IV. 



Swinhoe's Limn.ea. Shell ovate, fragile, irregularly 

 striated, pale horn ; spire acuminated, whorls four, 

 rather convex ; aperture ovate-oblong, equalling 

 two-thirds of the entire length ; columella much 

 twisted ; outer lip flesuous, slightly sinuated in 

 the middle. 



H. AuAMS. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18GG, pi. .xxxiii., f. 13. 



Hah. Takon, Isl. Formosa. 



Species 26. (Mus. Brit.) 



LiMN^A succiNEA. Lhti. teitd ovato-acuminatd, tenuis- 

 simd, palHde corned, translucidd, spird breviusculd, 

 anfractibus convcxiilsculis dxiohus apicalibits parvis, 

 pemdtimo subelongato, ultimo ovato ; aperturd sub- 

 ovatd, labia extemo ad marginem fuscato, plied 

 columellari tenui, leviter tortuosd. 



The ameer Limn^a. Shell ovately acuminated, very 

 thin, pale horn, translucid, spire rather short ; 

 whorls rather conve.x, the two apicial ones small, 

 the penultimate rather elongated, the last large, 

 ovate ; aperture subovate, outer lip brown at the 

 margin, columellar fold thin, slightly tortuous. 



Deshates. Voy. Belanger, PI. ii., f. 1.3, 14. 

 Hab. Malabar. 



It is of an oval form a little sharpened at the apex, 

 and very light and transparent. 



Species 27. (Mus. Brit.) 



LlMN^A Geisericola. Lini. testd parvd, oblique sub- 

 ovatd, femigined, opacd, spird brevi, anfractibus 

 duobus apicalibus parvis, rotundis, penultuno majus- 

 culo, ultimo inflato, antice tumidiitsculo ; post 

 columellam concavo, aperturd obliqud pyriformi, 

 antice oblique expanse. 



The hot-spring Limn^ia. Shell small, obliquely sub- 

 ovate, ferruginous, opaque, spire short, with two 

 apicial whorls, small, rounded, the penultimate 

 rather large, the last inflated, rather tumid in 

 front, concave behind the columella ; aperture 

 oblique, pyriform, obliquely expanded in front. 



Beck. 



Hab. The Geysers or hot-springs of Iceland. 



