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JOURNAL OF MALACOLOGY. 



No. i. MARCH 24th, 1894. Vol. III. 



NOTES ON VERONICELLA BIRMANICA, Theobald. 



By WALTER E. COLL INGE, 



Mason College, Birmingham. 



In the most recent catalogue of the slugs Professor Cockerell 

 includes under Gray's family Veronicellidce the following genera : — 

 Veronicella, Leonardia, Othelosoma (?), Rathouisia, Atopos and 

 Prisma, making a total of 140 distinct species. A very large 

 proportion of these have been created by Dr. Simroth and 

 Professor Semper upon good anatomical grounds, but many 

 others have been named upon purely external characters, and 

 sooner or later will have to be removed from the list. The genus 

 and its affinities are but imperfectly understood, and it is to be 

 hoped that those malacologists who have opportunities for studying 

 living material will endeavour to add to our knowledge of the 

 anatomy. 



Recently I have obtained examples, in alcohol, of V. birmanica, 

 Theob., and although not in a good condition for anatomical 

 purposes, they show all the external features as well as could be 

 desired. In comparing them with the published accounts I find the 

 description of the foot-sole is very inadequate, and so venture to 

 re-describe the same. 



Under the generic title of Vaginulus this species was described 

 by Theobald in 1864, 1 later by Nevill, 2 and in 1873 by Stoliczka. 3 



1. Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1864, vol. xxxiii., p. 243. 



2. Mollusca Indian Mus., p. 199. 



3. J. A. S. B., 1873, vol. xlii., p. 34. 

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