150 BULLETIN OF THE 
Shell conic, thin, transparent, shining, amber-colored, umbilicated ; 
whorls 43, convex, very finely striated ; strize visible only under microscope. 
Suture distinct, aperture orbicular ; peristome simple, acute, its outer termina- 
tion perpendicular to the body whorl, the columellar termination reflected over 
the umbilicus. No internal teeth or process. Greater diameter, 1.35 mm. ; 
lesser diameter, 1.20 mm. ; length of axis, 1 mm. Locality, Winnebago Co., 
Illinois. 
The animal not having been examined, I am unable:to decide the generic 
character of the species with certainty ; but judging from the shell I believe 
that it is a Zonites, and may be placed in the section Conulus of W. G. Bin- 
ney’s arrangement (Terr. Moll., Vol. V.). The shell resembles A. harpa in 
outline, but differs in other respects very materially. It is smaller; the texture 
of the shell is like that of Conulus fulvus. The strie are visible only under 
the microscope. It is distinctly umbilicated, and the aperture is not oblique. 
It is no Vertigo. This shell, which is unlike any known Heliz, was first dis- 
covered by Mr. Jesse B. Upson, in a damp meadow farm in Rockford, Illinois, 
beneath some refuse boards. 
I have examined a large number of specimens under the microscope, and 
have made comparisons with many other species, both American and foreign, 
but have found none like it. ‘There is no probability of its being an impor- 
tation. The locality and surroundings forbid that. 
I may mention that Messrs. Binney and Bland have examined the shell 
and agree that it is new. Such being the case, it is a matter of congratulation 
(though a surprise) to be able to add a new species to the American Helices 
from Illinois. I have the pleasure of naming the shell after the first discoverer, 
Mr. Upson. (Calkins.) 
Mr. Upson suggests to me that the shell is the young of V. ovata, as it was 
found in company with mature specimens of that species. 
Veronicella olivacea, Stearns. (p. 243.) 
“TLobitos is a small creek entering the sea about forty miles south of San 
Francisco Bay. The ranch and hamlet through which it passes bear the 
same name.” (Stearns.) 
Specimens of the original lot found in Nicaragua have kindly been fur- 
nished me by Dr. F. W. Putnam. The jaw has over 20 ribs, The lingual 
membrane is as usual in the genus. 
HEMPHILLIA. (p. 246.) 
Plate II. Fig. H. e 
Animal limaciform, blunt before, swollen at centre, and greatly attenuated 
behind ; tentacles simple: mantle subcentral, large, oval, concealing all but 
a small portion of an internal shell-plate: longitudinal furrows above the 
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