GASTEROPODA. 



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above, white beneath. 

 France. 



Inhabits gardens in Britain and 



Ge}ius4:.— FARM ACELL A.— Lamarck. 



Generic Character. — Body creeping, oblong ; middle of 

 the back moderately convex, and shield-shaped; the hind 

 part in the form of a tail, laterally compressed, and acute 

 above ; shield ovate, fleshy, adhering at its posterior part, 

 and free before, enveloping a shell, and having a notch in 

 the centre of its right margin ; four tentacula, the two pos- 

 terior the largest ; respiratory and anal orifices under the 

 notch of the shield, and the orifice for generation placed 

 between the two tentacula of the right side. 



PurmaccUa cah/culata. — The Cup-shaped Parma- 

 CELLA. Plate XIII. fig, 31. Ovate; left margin broad 

 and reflected, right margin reflected at top and acute be- 

 neath ; exceedingly thin, transparent, and of a pale yellow- 

 ish-brown. 



Genus 5.— O'NCRWIUM.— Lamarck. 



Generic Character Body oblong, creeping, marginated 



on all sides ; head projecting, the lower part with a promi- 

 nent margin ; two rectractile, cylindrical tentacula ; two 

 auriform appendages at the sides of the mouth, which is 

 destitute of maxillary processes; the respiratory and anal 

 orifices distinct, placed under the posterior extremity of the 

 body. Destitute of a shell. 

 Annals du Museum, vol. v., p. 38, plate G. 



Section II. — Hydrobranchite. 



The branchiae formed of filaments or lamina*, and pecti- 

 nated or tufted The animals respire in water. 



TRIBE II. LAPLYSIACEA. 



The branchiae placed in a particular cavity, situated near 

 the posterior region of the back, and covered by an oper- 

 cular shield ; the animals possessing tentacula. 



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