16 NEW SPECIES OF SHELLS. 



til re and terminated about mid way to the base, often with 

 two or three obsolete white spots near its tip. 



The characters of the inhabitant are widely distinct 

 from the animal of the Lymnaga, and are somewhat allied 

 to those of the inhabitants of the Helices; it cannot how- 

 ever be referred to Helix with propriety, as will be evident 

 from the specific description. I have for the present con- 

 sidered it as of Draparnaud's genus Succinea, though it 

 somewhat resembles a Bulimus, particularlv in its habitat, 

 being a terrestrial species, and in this respect it differs 

 from Succinea. It may perhaps belong to Lamarck's ge-s 

 nus Amphibulimus. 



(To be contiAued.) ^ K • / 2^ ^ 



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