44 CONCHOLOGIA CESTRICA. 
V. minuta, Say. 
Helix minuta, Say, Jour. Acad. Phila. F. S., L, 1817. 
V. minuta, enlarged. —[B. & B.] Jaw of V. minuta.—[Morse.] 
Fig, 66. Fig. 67, 

Shell minute, slightly convex, opaque white; whorls 
4, fine striate; aperture orbicular, dilated; lip thick, 
broadly reflected, white, forming almost a circle; um- 
bilicus wide, and deep; lingual membrane with 75 rows 
of II-I-11 teeth, each; buccal plate wide, narrow; ends 
slightly bent, and longitudinally striate, the striz ex- 
tending to the cutting edge, producing minute notches. 
H. 1%, W. 2%, mill. 
Lingual Dentition of V. minuta.—{Morse.] 
Fig. 68, 

Station, among grass, under boards and rubbish. 
Chester County. Everywhere abundant. 
Oss. — Until recently, a majority of writers on con- 
chology, considered Say’s species identical with the 
European V. pulchella, Mill. Prof. E. S. Morse, in his 
admirable paper on “ Zhe Terrestrial Pulmonifera of 
Maine,’ has pointed out the difference between the two 
species. These are shown in the accompanying outline 
figures, copied from the above work — Fig. 69, V. 
minuta, Say; and Fig. 70, V. pulchella, Mill. By a 
comparison of these figures it will be evident that our 
