158 SMITH : SMALL COLLECTION OF SHELLS FROM CHINA. 



(a.) Freshwater Forms. 



1. Vivipara ehinensis, Gray. 

 Hah. — Hunan and Kwei-chow. 



2. Vivipara quadrata, Benson. 

 Tong-Ting Lake, Hunan. 



3. Vivipara, sp. 

 Hah. — Hunan. 



A solid form, of a uniform olivaceous colour or with three more 



or less dark zones upon the last whorl, varying very little in form, 



some specimens however, being a trifle less globose than others. 



They are always imperforate, none exhibiting the slightest rimation. 



The periostracum has the fine lines of growth crossed by fine spirals 



giving the surface a textured appearance. 



4. Vivipara, sp. 



Hah. — Hunan. 



Smaller and less globose than the preceding species, mostly 



subrimate, plain or banded, with lines of growth only, no spiral 



striation, having the body-whorl slightly keeled or angled at the 



periphery. 



5. Vivipara wingatei, n. sp. 



Testa rimata, turbinata, tenuis, dilute rufescens vel pallida, 

 epidermide tenui olivacea, oblique strigata induta; spira turrita, ad 



Vivipara loinyatei, n. sp. 

 apicem acutissima et nigrescens ; anfractus 7 convexi, lineis incrementi 



