THE STORY OF THE LAND SNAILS 339 



We have a Euglandina, with a somewhat elon- 

 gated form, which in northern Florida attains a 

 length of three inches; the shell is a beautiful rose 

 color. It is wholly carnivorous and a most aggres- 

 sive mollusk. It attacks, kills, and eats any ground 

 snails it meets, and if it cannot get anything else 

 it will devour its own species, an out and out 

 cannibal. 



Two species of Oxystyla (0. reses and 0. flori- 

 densis) are found in the extreme lower part of our 

 State, and they are among our largest and finest 

 land snails. Both are strictly arboreal, the latter 

 often having a shell an inch and a half in diameter 

 and two and a half in length. I have never seen 

 quite so large specimens of the former, which is 

 much the rarer of the two, and is confined to the 

 lower part of the Florida Keys. Both have glossy 

 shells with a whitish ground and brown markings. 

 Three species of Liguus belong within our territory, 

 and they have shells almost as large as the Oxy- 

 stylas ; in fact occasional specimens reach a length 

 of two and three quarter inches, but they lack in 

 diameter. 



Some of the shells of our Florida Liguus are 

 among the most beautiful and richly painted of 



