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d habiti £ the United States. i "m 
& I was obliged to remove it. On the 29th of July a 
_ the” eggs were d; ; the young snails had 
` whorl et & half, the pes, AA was open, the en 
| uenis were bluish-black, and the other parts 
ti and” semi-transparent. They immediately: 
an to feed, and made their first repast of the 
pellicle of the eggs from which they had just 
emerged. "They grew rapidly, and before the middle. 
of October, when they went into winter quarters, 
they had inereased their. bulk. four or five imes | 
_ beyond its original measure LE 
Mr. Say poured his. 
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ariii authors as applied kn species prm 
Megerle. ‘It is necessary, therefore, to adopt a new- 
ne. I propose that of Savr, in honor of Tomas 
Say, the describer of the greater part of our land 
shells. Í am aware that the use of proper names for 
this il St has been só much ` abused, «that such an 
known persons, to whom a ‘similar honor fas. 
offered. 
