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18. Succinea rusticana, Gould. 



Plate 2, figure 19. 



Elongate ovate, thin, fragile, diaphanous, irregularly striate ; 

 spire elevated, acute, suture moderately impressed ; whorls 3, 

 not very convex ; body long, oval, not inflated ; aperture nar- 

 rowly oval, three-fifths the entire length. Pale greenish or 

 yellowish. 



Length 14, diam. 7 mill. 



Oregon, California. 



Immediately distinguished from the other species of this 

 section by its narrow, lengthened form. Eesembliug the fol- 

 lowing several species, but differing from them all in the. 

 regular curve of the outer lip. 



*** Shell ovate, spire rather elevated, apex acute, whorls 

 flattened, body whorl large, but not inflated, aperture an- 

 gulate above, labrum superiorly more or less flattened. 



(BRACHYSPIRA, Pfeiffer.) 



19. Succinea Haydeni, W. G. Binney. 



Plate 2, figure 20. 



Elongate-oval, thin, shining ; spire short, acute ; whorls 3, 

 convex, the last marked with wrinkles of growth, and irregu- 

 lar, heavy, spiral furrows ; aperture oblique, oval, five-sevenths 

 the total length, the lower margin considerably expanded. 

 Amber colored. 



Length 21, diam. 9 mill. 



Nebraska and northwards. 



The peristome is more flexuose than in S. ovalis, Gld., and 

 it is more attenuately pointed above ; it also differs in having 

 the revolving lines, and is a larger species. 



Var. minor. Length 15 mill. 



20. Succinea Sillimani, Bland. 



Plate 2, figure 21. 



Oblong-ovate, thin, coarsely striate, shining; spire short, 

 acute, suture impressed ; whorls 3, convex, much flattened 

 superiorly; aperture oblique, elongate oval, angular above, 

 effuse at base, columella slightly arcuate, with a thread-like 

 thickening above. White? 



