. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 320 A MANUAL OF AMERICAN LAND SHELLS. of this species iu the act of lying its eggs iu a damp place uuder a log. He transferred them, with the aiiijual, to'a tiu box filled with wet moss. The eggs were not much more than half as large as those of ilf. alho- labris, Say; they were white, adhering together very slightly, flaccid, and apparently not entirely filled with fluid. During the succeeding night the number had increased to about fift}', and in a few hours they became full and distended. As the snail now began to devour the eggs, he was
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 320 A MANUAL OF AMERICAN LAND SHELLS. of this species iu the act of lying its eggs iu a damp place uuder a log. He transferred them, with the aiiijual, to'a tiu box filled with wet moss. The eggs were not much more than half as large as those of ilf. alho- labris, Say; they were white, adhering together very slightly, flaccid, and apparently not entirely filled with fluid. During the succeeding night the number had increased to about fift}', and in a few hours they became full and distended. As the snail now began to devour the eggs, he was obliged to remove it. On the 29th of July all the eggs were hatched. The youug snails had H whorls; the umbilicus was open; the head, eye-peduncles, and tentacles were bluish-black, and the other parts whitish and semi-transparent. They immediately began to feed, and made their first repast of the pellicle of the eggs from which they had just emerged. They grew rai)idly, and before the middle of Octo- ber, when they went into winter quarters, they had increased their bulk four or five times beyond its original measurement. (See Fig. Jaw of JI. Sayii. (Morse.). 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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