L I M N /E A. 



Speck's (18. (Mus. Brit.) 



LiMN^SlA ELONGATA. Liiii. testd attmucitd, runied, spird 

 ehngatd, anfractibus ocio circcl, inib7'0tiindis, siib- 

 tnrritis, ultimo ovato, breviusciilo, apertiiru brevis- 

 simd, eolumelld valide piicatd. 



The elongated Limn^\. Shell atteniiated, horn- 

 coloured, spire elongated, whorls about eight, 

 rather rounded, slightly turreted, the last ovate, 

 rather short, aperture very short, columella 

 strongly plicated. 



Dkaparnaud. Mollus(iues, jil. 3, f. o-'), non Saj/. 



Limncsa leucostoma, Lamarck. 



Zimiicea octanfracia ■ ? 



Limncea (/kiber, var., Jeffreys, &c. 



Hub. Kurope. 



The numerous whorls and lung tiuTcted form of 

 th's species may be considered sufficient to justify its 

 distinction from L. (jlaber. 



surface 

 horn}'. 



Species 69. (Mus. Brit.) 



Limn.ea Japon-ica. Lim. testd omto-ventrii-osd, teiiui, 

 subnujosd, fulvd, spird brevissimd, anfractibus 

 paucis rotundis, apice obtuso, ultimo anfractu in- 

 Jiato ; aperturd uuriformi, expansd, pallidimme 

 aurantid, colmnelld medio valide piicatd, plied 

 tortuosd, rejiexd ; labia extir-no expanso, reflexo. 



The Japanese limn^a. Shell ovate-veutricose, thin, 

 a little rough, fulvous, spire very short, whorls 

 few, rounded, apex obtuse, last whorls inflated ; 

 aperture ear-shaped, expanded, very pale orange ; 

 columella strongly plicated in the middle, fold 

 tortuous, reflected ; outer lip expanded, reflected. 



SoWKunv. 



Thih. Japan. 



More ovate and with the body whorl proportionally 

 larger than the Britisli Limncea aiiricidaria. The 



Species 70. (Mus. Ilauley.) 



Li.mn.^a Nl'ttaliana. Lim. testd acuminatd, j'yami- 

 datd, corned, tcniiiter striatd ; hinc illic castaneo 

 lomjitudinuliter strigatd ; spird productd, at- 

 tenuatd, anfractibus qiiinque, declivis, siipernc 

 attenuaiis ; aperturd brevi, intus flacidd, castaneo 

 prope marginem intilsqne strigato ; labio externa 

 postice subangidato. 



Nl'ttall's Limnjka. Shell acimiinated, pyramidal, 

 horny, finely striated ; here and there longitu- 

 dinally striped ; spire produced, attenuated, 

 wliorls five, sloped, attenuated above; aperture 

 short, yellovrish within, striped near the margin 

 and within with chestnut ; outer lip posteriorly 

 slightly angular. 



Lea. Transactions of the Philosophical Society, vol. ix. 

 p. 9. 



Ilab. Oregon. 



Species 71. (Mus. Ilauley.) 



Limncea Blauneri. Lim. testd subovatd, fusco-corned, 

 semipellucidd, loevigatd, subpyramidatd ; spird 

 obtusd, breviuscnld, anfractu penultimo oblonyo, 

 superne subangulato, ultimo postice subattenuaio ; 

 aperturd subquadratd, labia columellari retrorsim 

 obliquo, plied ci-assd, laid. 



Blaunek's Limx^a. Shell subovate, horn-brown, semi- 

 pellucid, smooth, siibpyramidal ; spire obtuse, 

 rather sliort, penultimate whorl oblong, slightly 

 angular aljove the last posteriorly subattenuated : 

 aperture rather square, columellar lip sloped back- 

 wards obliquely, fold thick, broad. 



Shuttlewohth. Kiister's Martini et Chemnitz Conch. 

 Cab. 



Ilab. Switzerland. 



December, 187 



