148 HELICHXE. 



Dr. Fleming observes, " A variety of this shell 

 sometimes occurs with a thickened expanded sub- 

 reflexed white lip." (Brit. Anim. 267.) I think this 

 must be a mistake, and should have been a remark 

 appended to Limnceus pereger : it was probably copied 

 from H. putris of Maton and Racket, which is the 

 latter species! (See Linn. Trans, viii. 229., and 

 Mont. Test. Brit. Sup. 139.) 



63. 2. SUCCINEA oblonga. Oblong Amber Snail. 

 Shell oval, rather ventricose, slightly striate, 

 reddish horn colour ; whorls three or four, pro- 

 duced ; suture distinct; aperture oval. (t. 6. 

 f. 139.) 



Helix elongata. Studer, in Coxe's Travels, iii. 432. Succinea 

 oblonga. Drop. Tab. M. 56., Hist. p. 59. t. 3. f. 24, 25. ; 

 Jeffreys, Linn. Trans, xvi. 325. 505. ; Alder, Mag. Zoo/, and 

 Bot. ii. 106.; Rossm. Icon. f. 27.; Forbes and Hanley, B. M. 

 iv. 137. 1. 131. f. 6, 7. 32, 33. Helix (Cochlohydra) elongata. 

 Ferns. Prod. 10., Hist. t. 11. f. 1,2. Amphibina oblonga. 

 Harttn. N. Alp. i. 248. Amphibulina oblong, and elongata. 

 Hartm. in Sturm, Fauna, vi. t. 8, 9. Suceinea arenaria. 

 Bouchard, Moll. Boul. i. 190.; Potiez and Michaud, Gal. i. 

 67. t. 11. f. 3, 4. Tapada oblonga. Studer. 



Inhab. edges of ditches, and in sandy places by 

 the seaside. 



Animal black-grey ; tentacles nearly conical. 



Shell small, like Limnceus fossarius in shape ; the 

 spire conical, produced, as long as the mouth. 



This is probably the small variety indicated by 

 Dr. Johnston as about 3-10ths of an inch long; it 

 is common in Berwickshire. " It seems to be," he 



