. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. EASTERN PROVINCE INTERIOR REGION SPECIES. 327 iug 6 teeth in the aperture; but as one of them is nearly always, and another generally, wanting, the description here given is correct. The Fig. Fig. 353§. margin of the peristome is sometimes continuous entirely around the aj)erture. The lingual membrane has 68 rows of 14-1-14: teeth, with 7 laterals on either side. (M. de St. Simon.) Pupa coiitracta, Say. Shell subconical; epidermis whitish horn-color; whorls between 5 and 6, very convex, diminishing regularly- from the last whorl, which
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. EASTERN PROVINCE INTERIOR REGION SPECIES. 327 iug 6 teeth in the aperture; but as one of them is nearly always, and another generally, wanting, the description here given is correct. The Fig. Fig. 353§. margin of the peristome is sometimes continuous entirely around the aj)erture. The lingual membrane has 68 rows of 14-1-14: teeth, with 7 laterals on either side. (M. de St. Simon.) Pupa coiitracta, Say. Shell subconical; epidermis whitish horn-color; whorls between 5 and 6, very convex, diminishing regularly- from the last whorl, which is somewhat ventricose, to the apex; suture well impressed; peristome white, thickened, somewhat reflected, its extremities con- nected by a raised, testaceous fold, making the margin of the aperture entire; aperture lateral, rather triangular or trilobate, more than half as wide as the body-whorl, ex- panded above and diminishing regularly into a very narrow throat, with 4 teeth, one upon the columella, large, coarse, and irregular, pro- jecting into and very much filling up the aperture, and having a con- cavity' on the side towards the peristome; another tuberculous, not large, more or less near the margin of the peristome; and two others, massive and prominent, deep seated in the throat, one being in the base behind the columellar tooth and the other on the side of the um- bi^^'jus and apparently produced by the umbilical fold; umbilicus with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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