138 ACICULIDA. 
Var. II. fascidta (Picard). Ash coloured, with two 
interrupted brown or violet bands. 
Var. III. pd/lida (Mog.). Light pink or yellowish, 
with traces of banding on upper whorls. 
Var. IV. adlbéscens (Mog.). Whitish, without markings. 
Var. V.  ochroletica (Mog.). Whitish yellow. 
Family.—AcicuLib&. 
Genus.—AcCicuULA Hartmann. 
Shell cylindrical; spzre thin; apex blunt; ofercelam horny, excentric. 
A. LINEATA (lined) Draparnaud. Pl. V., f. 11. 
Cylindrical, light brown, slightly transparent, glossy, striated in the 
line of growth; whorls 6—7; spzre blunt; secure distinct; south 
pear-shaped 5 zenebz/ecus very small; ofercetlum horny. A. 24 mm. 
B. £mm. 
This very minute and interesting species is rare and 
local. It is found more in the north than in the south of 
England ; in Merioneth in Wales ; in Renfrew and Ayr in 
Scotland, and also in Ireland. 
It is gregarious, being found sometimes in considerable 
numbers in woods, under stones, on decaying leaves and 
among wet moss. It is said to feed on decaying fungi. 
Var. délba (/eff.). White, or colourless and transparent. 
Monst. sénestrorsum (Jeff.). Reversed. 
