114 SUCCINEIDA. 
Middlesex, Surrey, Yorks., Norfolk, Gloucester, Glamor- 
ganshire, always in gardens or pine houses. 
It is generally supposed to have been imported in 
foreign plant mould. 
Family. —SUCCINEID. 
Genus.—SuccinEA Draparnaud. 
Body gelatinous ; tentacles 4; shell ovate, thin, amber-colour ; 
spire short ; mouth large. 
I. S. PUTRIS (t2habiting stinking places) Linné. PP. V., f. 13. 
Shell pear-shaped, thin, semi-transparent, amber-colour ; whorls 
3—4; sptre short ; mouth longand open. A. 16mm. B. 7 mm. 
The “ Amber Snail” inhabits moist places by water. 
Though amphibious it is seldom seen 77 the water except 
in spring when on its way from its winter quarters in the 
mud. It should be looked for on flags and rank vegeta- 
tion at the edges of ponds, canals, etc., and on hedge- 
banks where there is a ditch at the bottom. 
It is widely distributed throughout the whole of the 
British Isles. The varieties seem to graduate into each 
other, and into the type in a most perplexing manner, 
and I advise the tyro to leave them severely alone. 
Var. I. stbglobosa (Jeff.). Shorter, broader, 
more solid than the type. | 
A ses Var. II. stugndlis (Gass.). Smaller, with 
a somewhat straight front margin, 
sometimes inclining to a_ greenish- 
bronze colour. 
