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LAND AND FRESH WATER SHELLS 



COLLECTED NEAR ST. JOHN, N. B. 



By W. D. Matthew andG. Stead. 



land shells. 



HELIX hortensis. The banded variety found near I. C R. in 

 two or three locaities, on stalks of grass in the open. 

 Not common. The variety without bands very 

 abundant at Lawlor's Lake on I C R. Probably 

 introduced. 



alternata. Common everywhere under stones and dead 

 wood. Very abundant at Lawlor's Lake. 



monodon. Very abundant at Lawlor's Lake. Not un- 

 common elsewhere, under dead wood. 



. Near Coldbrook. 



Sayii. Two or three specimens at Lawlor's Lake. 



albolabris. Two dead si^eciraens from near St. John. 

 Two or three near Fredericton, N. B. 



cellaria. In yard adjoining Mission Chapel, St. John, 

 N B. Probably introduced. 



arborea. Abundant everywhere in dead wood and un- 

 der leaves. Several hundred in a small piece of de- 

 cayed wood near Fredericton. 



striatella. Abundant everyv.vhere under decayed wood 

 and bark. 



labyrinthica. Abundant lander leaves and dead wood. 



chersina. Rather common, associated with H. laby- 

 rinthica. 



lineata. In decayed wood, not uncommon. 



exigua. In decayed wood, not common. 



i)iinati!<siina. Under leaves, nut easily noticed. 

 VITRINA limpida. Quite common in autumn, especially in 



orchards. 

 iSUC'CINEA obliqua. Very abundant everywhere, often seen on 

 roads after showers. 



ovalii<. In wet places and on water grasses, not com- 

 mon. 



a vara. Under decaying bark, not common. 

 BULIMUS lubrieus. Common under stones and dead wood. 



Also three minute species not determined. 



FRESH water SHELLS. 



LIMN^A elodes. In streams and brooks, not very common. 

 desidiosa. Abundant in most ditches and ponds 



