100 THE LAND SNAILS OF NEW ENGLAND. 
whorls five, with delicate oblique striæ; the aperture is 
flattened towards the plane of the base. The lip is 
broad and white, inner lip having a prominent tooth; 
diameter three-fourths of an inch. The animal is gray- 
ish on the sides, with the back darker. This species 
may justly be considered rare, as wherever it occurs, 
it is generally found sparingly. Dr. Binney found it on 
the eastern slopes of the Green Mountains. They were 
at one time numerous in the town of Stratford, Ver- 
mont. Four specimens only have been found in Maine, 
and these were discovered either on the slopes or sum- 
mits of mountains. It has never been collected in Mas- 
sachusetts to our knowledge. It occurs in Ohio, New* 
York and Pennsylvania. 
It will be hardly necessary for me to state, that the de- 
scriptions already given, and those which are to follow, — 
are mainly intended for those who are forming, or wish to 
form collections in this pleasing branch of Natural His- | 
tory. To such we feel that no apology is needed for the 
necessary dryness of specific descriptions, and we know — 
the figures will be acceptable, as the works in which — 
these species are illustrated are rare and expensive, and 
many of them have not heretofore been given with any 
