202 LIMN^AD^. 



— Gulnaria auriculavia. Leach, Mollusc, p. 148.; Hartm. 

 Gaster. t. 16. — Turbo patulus. Da Costa, B. C. 95. t. 5. 

 f. 17. 



Younger: Lymneus acutus. Jeffreys, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. 

 373. — LymnsEUS pereger, var. acuta. Gray, Man. t. 11. 

 f. 101. (i. — Limnea canalis. Dupuy, Moll. Franc. 482. t. 22. 

 f. 2. — Limneus acronicus. Stiider. — L. ampullaceus. Ross. 

 Icon. f. 124. — Gulnaria aniphi. Uartm. Gast. t. 5. — Limneus 

 Hartmanni. Studer. — Gulnaria Hartnianni. Hartm. Gast. 

 t. 7. — Gulnaria Monnardii. Hartm. Gast. t. 6. 



In stagnant and slow waters. 



Animal dull greenish yellow ; tentacles speckled 

 with brighter spots. (^Sturm, t. 38.) 



Shell an inch long, and three quarters wide, thin, 

 brittle, transparent, of a light yellow horn-colour, 

 more or less distinctly striate longitudinally ; spire 

 composed of four volutions, the tliree terminal ones 

 very small ; aperture very large, somewhat oval, 

 with the outer lip expanded ; pillar with a strong 

 fold, the lip reflected and forming a slight hollow 

 behind it. 



The eggs are scarcely different from those of L. 

 stagnalis. (See Pfeiffer, t. 7. f. 8.) 



91. 2. Limneus pereger. Puddle Mud SheU. — 

 Shell ventricose, more or less striate, with a 

 moderately short acute spire, (p. 419. f. 6, 7. 

 t. 9. f. 101.) 



Buccinura peregrum. Mi'dler, Verm. ii. 130. — Bulimus pere- 

 ger. Bnig. E. M. 301. — Helix peregra. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 

 3659 ; Mont. p. 373. t. 16. f. 2. — Helix putris. Penn. B. Z. 

 iv. f. 137.; Turt. Diet. p. 67. — Lymn^a putris. Flem. Ed. 

 Ency. vii. 77. — Limneus pereger. Drap. p. 50. t. 2. f. 34. 

 37.; Jeffreys, Linn. Trans, xvi. 374. ; Turton, Man. ed. 1. 

 lis. f. 101.; Forbes and Hanley, B. M. iv. 165. t. 123. 

 f. 3 — 7. — LymnEea peregra. Lamarck, vi. ii. p. 161. — 

 Gulnaria peregra. Leach, Syn. Moll. 106. t. 2. f. 4, 5. — 



