THE LAND SNAILS OF NEW ENGLAND. ' 609 
The first that we shall describe is PUPILLA BADIA 
Adams. (Fig. 52.) The shell is oblong, cylindrical, 
Fig. 52. 
having six or seven rounded whorls ; color light 
brown, faintly striated, aperture nearly circular ; 
the lip is thickened. Length 4 of an inch. Prof. 
Adams first described this species from Lake 
Champlain, and stated that the aperture con- 
tained a tooth on the body whorl. Specimens from Maine 
have no such character. .Mr. C. B. Fuller first discov- 
ered this species in Maine. It is extremely common in 
certain places in the vicinity of Portland. Mr. W.G. 
Cleveland has found it on Oak Island, Chelsea, Mass. 
This species is also ovoviviparous, that is, it brings forth 
its young alive. 
Purina FALLAX Say. (Fig. 53.) 
Shell oblong, hav- 
ing six convex whorls, which taper from the base to the 
Fig. 53. 
EA 
apex, forming a pointed spire; aperture round- 
ed, bordered by a broad white lip; umbilicus 
minute; color light brown, distinctly striated. 
Length 4 of an inch; animal black; upper ten- Ù 
tacles long and slender. Occurring in the A 
Northern, Middle, and Western States, also in A 
South Carolina. This can hardly be considered 
a New England species, as but few places have been 
noted where itoccurs. Adams speaks of its being found 
in Vermont, and Mr. Thaxter has found the dead speci- 
mens in Woburn, Mass. 
Those who have collections of minute land shells, would 
do well to provide themselves with a good fying 
glass, with the help of which they would be able to make 
out the species from the figures given. 
Nore.—The smaller figures accompanying the larger ones, indicate the natural 
Size of the shells. 
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