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16 ture and terminated about mid way to the base, often with two or three obsolete white spots near it tip.

The characters of the inhabitant are widely distinct from the animal of the Lymnæa, and are somewhat allied to those of the inhabitatns of the Helices; it cannot however be referred to Helix with propriety, as will be evident from the specific description. I have for the present considered it as of Draparnaud's genus Succinea, though it somewhat resembles a Bulimus, particularly in its habitat, being a terrestial species, and in this respect it differs from the Succinea. It may perhaps belong to Lamarch's genus Amphibulimus.

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