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HELICIDiE. 
Dr. Fleming observes, A variety of this shell 
sometimes occurs with a thickened expanded sub- 
reflexed white lip.” {Brit Anim. 267.) I think this 
must be a mistake, and should have been a remark 
appended to Limnceus pereger : it was probably copied 
from H. putris of Maton and Racket, which is the 
latter species! (See Linn. Trans, viii. 229., and 
Mont. Test. Brit. Sup. 139.) 
63 . 2. SucciNEA ohlonga. Oblong Amber Snail. 
— Shell oval, rather ventricose, slightly striate, 
reddish horn colour ; whorls three or four, pro- 
duced ; suture distinct ; aperture oval. (t. 6. 
f. 139.) 
Helix elongata. Studer^m Coxe's Travels^ iii. 432. — Succinea 
oblonga. Drap. Tab. M, 56., Hist. p. 59. t. 3. f. 24, 25. ; 
Jeffreys^ Linn. Trans, xvi. 325. 505. ; Alder., Mag. Zool. and 
Bot. ii. 106.; JR.ossm. Icon. f. 27.; Forbes and Hanley^ B. M. 
iv. 137. t. 131. f. 6, 7. 32, 33. — Helix (Cochlohydra) elongata. 
Ferns. Prod. 10., Hist. t. 11. f. 1, 2. — Amphibina oblonga. 
Hartal. N. Alp. i. 248. — Ampbibulina oblong, and elongata. 
Hartm. in Sturm., Fauna., vi. t. 8, 9. — Suceinea arenaria. 
Bouchard., Moll. Boul. i. 190.; Potiez and Michaud., Gal. i. 
67. t. 11. f. 3, 4. — -Tapada oblonga. Studer. 
Inhab. edges of ditches, and in sandy places by 
the seaside. 
Animal black-grey ; tentacles nearly conical. 
Shell small, like Limnceus fossarius in shape ; the 
spire conical, produced, as long as the mouth. 
This is probably the small variety indicated by 
Dr. Johnston as about 3-lOths of an inch long; it 
is common in Berwickshire. It seems to be,” he 
