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v.reflexa (Nelson): Shell with outer lip much re- 
flected. : 
v.ampla (Hartm.): Spire short; aperture oval, ex- 
tending beyond the apex. (=Gulnaria ampla. Hartm. 
Gasterop, 1842, p 69., pl. v.) 
v. minor (Mog.): Shell smaller; aperture more oval. 
v. Monnardii (Hartm.): Width of shell exceeding its 
height ; spire rudimentary ; aperture rounded, extending 
beyond the apex. (=Gulnaria Monnardu, Hartm., L.c., 
psf 1., pl:-vi.) 
v. acuta (Jeff.): Shell smaller than the typical form, 
more oblong, and having the last whorl and mouth pro- 
portionably narrower. Body of a greyish colour, and 
closely covered with black spots. (=Limneus acutus, 
Jeff., Linn. Trans., xvii., p. 373.) 
v.albida (Jeff.): Shell smaller and thinner, white, 
with a shorter spire, and less distinct strie. L., 0°675., 
os., Woo. -(B. C., vol. i., p. 109.) 
LIMN AHA STAGNALIS, LINN. 
SHELL ovate-oblong, subulate, semi-transparent, thin, 
brittle, greyish-white, horn or brown-coloured; whorls six 
to eight, convex, the last one occupying nearly three- 
fourths the length of the shell; spire elongated to an 
acute point ; suture deep; mouth oval; inner lip reflected 
on columella; columellar fold prominent and very much 
curved. Length of shell 13 to 2 inches; breadth 1 inch. 
Animal yellowish, speckled with brown and milk-white. 
Habitat.—In stagnant and slow-running waters. 
v. fragilis (Zinn.): Shell much smaller, narrower, 
thinner, amber-coloured. (= Helix fragilis, Linn., Syst. 
Nat. Edit., x., 1758.) 
