ACME, 97 
Genus I—AcmME. 
A. LINEATA (lined). 
Cylindrical, ight brown, slightly transparent, rather 
glossy, deeply striate in the line of growth; whorls six to 
‘seven ; spire blunt; suture distinct; mouth pear-shaped ; 
umbilicus very small; operculum horny. 
This, the most minute of operculated land shells, 
though widely distributed throughout all the British 
Isles, is local. It may be found in woods, under stones, 
and on decaying leaves. 
It is said to be gregarious. 
Var. alba. White or colourless and transparent. 
