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“This little species is found in wet stations about meadows, &c., from Vancouver to the 
coast, where it is most abundant, under drift logs, &c., high up on the meadows, which are 
occasionally overflowed by the tide. It is also rarely found under trees. I did not obtain any 
at Puget Sound.”—C. 
HELIX VANCOUVEKENSIS. 
Helix Vancouverensis, Lea, in Trans. Philos. Soc. pi. XXIII, f. 72. 
Hab. —Washington Territory ; Dr. Cooper. 
“ B. Vancouverensis is found west of the Cascade mountains, most abundant under the alder 
groves along the coast in damp places; also occasionally with H. Toivnsendiana. The animal 
is entirely of a yellowish white color. Some are also found on Whidby’s island.”—C. 
HELIX DEVIA. 
Helix devia, Gould, Exped., Shells, p. —. 
Helix Baskervillei, Pfr. Reeve, C. I. pi. —, f. —. 
Hab. —Washington Territory ; Dr. Cooper. 
Inhabits damp woods near Vancouver. Only two specimens were found.—C. 
HELIX TUDICULATA. 
Helix tudiculata, Binney, Terrestrial Molluscs. 
nab .—Washington Territory ; Dr. Cooper. 
This is also a rare species in Washington Territory, and is found with the preceding.—C. 
sue CINE A NUTT ALLI ANA. 
Succinea nutlalliana, Lea, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., vol. II, p. 32 ; Trans, of ditto, vol. IX, p. 4 ; Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. 
Viv. I, 523, III, 15 ; Binney, Terr. Moll. U. S. II, 81; pi. LXVIIa, fig. 4. 
Found at Vancouver, where it is apparently rare, and was not observed alive.—C. 
Family LIMACE2E. 
LIMAX COLUMBIANS. 
The Columbian Slug. 
Limax columbianus, Gould, in Binney’s Terr. Moll. U. S., II, 43 ; pi. LXVI,fig. 1.—U. S. Ex. Exped. Moll., p. 3, 
fig. 1, a. b. c. 
This large slug abounds in the dense damp spruce forests near the Pacific coast, and was not 
observed by me in the dry region east of the Cascade mountains. It is to be found during 
every month of the year in Washington Territory, being even more abundant in the rainy 
winter than in warmer seasons; its activity being checked only by severe cold, while it cannot 
bear continued drought. 
It not unfrequently drops from the trees, but whether it ascends to any great height I have 
not observed. Though apparently offering a tempting meal to birds and other animals I never 
knew them to devour it. 
This slug grows to the length of six inches, but shrinks to a third of that size in alcohol. Its 
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