158 PULMONATA. 



appears and the teeth become regular cones, and at the same 

 time gradually diminish in size, the extreme lateral ones being 

 reduced to minute papillae. The respiratory canty is attached 

 to the viscera, and has no connection whateA'er with the shield. — 

 Wyman, Boston Journ. iv. t. 22. f. 4 c. c. 



Shell minute, nail-hke, concealed in the front part of the 

 mantle. , 



They are found under decaying logs in North America, and 

 under bits of wood or stones in damp places, feeding on decajong 

 vegetable matter. 



M. De Blainville observes, " The combination of characters I 

 have given for Limacella are so extraordinary, that I doubt if 

 I have carefully observed the mollusc on which it was founded." 

 ■ — Ma7i. Malac. 464. I fear this observation is equally appli- 

 cable to most of the genera described from the specimens in the 

 British Museum during his very short nsit to London in 1817. 



In the Proceechngs of the Zoological Societj' (1847, 178) I re- 

 ferred Eumelus to Veronicella by an oversight ; it clearly belongs 

 to this genus. 



Dr. Philippi (Handb. Malac. 238), misled by Blainnlle's cha- 

 racter " boucliern' est pas distinct," intended thereby to describe 

 that the mantle covers the whole body instead of only a part 

 of it. 



1. Philomycus carolinensis. B.M. 



" Grey brown mottled ; back with three darker streaks and a 

 series of black dots." 



Limax carohnensis, Bosc, Vers de Buffon de Deterville, i. 80. t. 3. 



f. 1, cop. Ferussac, Hist. Moll. ii. 77- 1. 6. f. 3, 



Roissy {Bnffon de Sonnini), Mollusques, v. 183. n. 11. 

 Vaginulus carolinensis, Ferussac, Tab. Syst. 15. 

 Philomycus carohnensis, Ferussac, Tab. Syst. 96". 

 Tebenophorus Carohnensis, Binney, Journ. Bast. N. Hist. Soc. 



iv. 163. 



Wyman, Bost. Journ. N. H. iv. 411. t. , anat. 

 Limax togata, Gould, Invert. Mass. 3. 

 Hab. N. America ; Carolina. 



" Limax togata. The shield is neither granulated nor folded, 

 but exhibits a uniform rough appearance, somewhat like deer- 

 skin. Common in wood under logs. — Gould. 



2. Philomycus lactescens. B.M. 

 " Limax lactiformis, Shaw." 



