LIMN M A. 



Fig. liS, A. 



A variety oi Limnaa piiujuis, which has been named 

 L. strigata on account of the streaks on the surface. 

 This arises in some specimens from partial disin- 

 teijration. 



Fig. 29. /'. 



A variety of X("(»(e'( dudvs, copied from tlie original 

 figure in Say's American Conchology. 



Species 5(1. (Figs, o, b.) 

 LiMN-liA VIATOR. LiiH. tfstd pctrvd, cirnieri-suhviridi, 

 Icevigafd, semipellucidd, rectd, subvvatd ; spird 

 hreviusculA, anfractibus prope sutvrata angulatis, 

 latci-ibiis reclis ; ultimo anfractti ovatn-suhanfpihito, 

 nntki subtnincato, post columcl/ain siibr.rcardto : 

 rolumelld vix plicatd, i-ertiiisculd. 

 The thaveller Lim>m:a. Shell .small, greenish, horny, 

 smooth, semiijcllucid, straight, subovate ; spire 

 rather short, whorls angular near the suture, with 

 straight sides ; last whorl ovately subangular, 

 anteriorly subtruncate, a little excavated behind 

 the colmiiella ; columella hardly plicated, rather 

 straight. 

 D'OuniGNr. Voyage dans I'Amerique Meridionale. 

 Limncea umbilicata. Adams .' 

 Ilah. Patagonia. 



\'ery hollow, almost umbiliuated behind the colu- 

 mella. 



Species 57. (Fig. a, Mus. Brit.) 

 (Fig. J, Z. snmnea, var. PI. IV.) 



mijiellucidij, 

 ,.,u-^^,^,„j^, o...;,.voy^,..,-, /Killidi.isiini 

 cornea ; spird a;imiiiaid, elevatd, anj'ractibus 

 tribus, angustis ; anfractu ultimo ovato ; apertwd 



LiMX.EA HIAXS. Lilll. tCStd tCIll 



politd, orato-oblongd, nub/ufi/o 



aitrifoi-ini , plied colvvulldii torttid, lahio exlirno 

 plus minusve expauso. 

 The GAiMNG LIMN.EA. Shell thin, semipellucid, polished, 

 ovate-oblong, subfusiform, pale horny ; spire acu- 

 minated, elevated, whorls three, narrow ; last 

 whorl ovate ; aperture auriform, columellar fold 

 tortuous, outer lip more or less e.xpanded. 



SOWEIIHY. 



Hab. Malabar. 



Species oS. (Mus. Brit.) 



Lt.MX.EA PYHAMIDATA, Sowcrby. Wrongly figured and 

 described as L. emarginatd of Say. pi. vi. f. iJS. 



Species 59. (Fig.s. r;, i, t.) 



LiMX.EA ovALis. Lim. testd breviler unild, inflatu, 

 ir<:tiii!!Cidd, po/itisKiiiid, fusco-corned rel rinosd, 

 iwnnunqitam strigatd, ajjerturd patlidi' rorucd rid 

 castaned ; spird brcvi, cmiicd, acumiimtd ; an- 

 fi-actu ultimo siibcylindricu, post mlumellaw exrii- 

 vato ; aperturd magnd, antice subtruncotd, 

 columelld valid!- uniplicatd, brevi, ieviter urniatd. 



The OVAL Limx^a. Shell shortly ovate, inflated, 

 rather straight, very polished, horny-brown or 

 vinous, sometimes striped within, aperture pale 

 horn or chestnut; spire short, conical, acuminated; 

 last whorl subcylindrical, excavated behind the 

 columella ; aperture large, rather truncated in 

 front, columella strongly plicated, short, slightly 

 arched. 



SowEKBV. Genera of Shells. 



Liinncea Bulla, Benson. 



Limncea variabilis, Benson. 



Limncea subatulo, Trdschel. 



Liiiriuea Lessoni, Deshayes. 



Limncea cerasum, Truschel. 



Hab. India. 



December, 1872. 



