. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Geology. 394 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITOKIES. Vitrina limplda, Gould. Camp 24: Clear Creek, Northeast Antelope Park 25 specimens. Cainp 26: Howardville, Baker's Park ,. ,. 3 specimens. Camp 1) : Auimas Valley 12 specimens. I do not find this species anywhere recorded from the central basin. It was, therefore, after long hesitation that I separated these specimens from the following species, which includes the majority of the Vitrince collected, and has a coextensive distribution in the Rocky Mountains. The recorded range of the present species is east
. Annual report. 1st-12th, 1867-1878. Geology. 394 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TERRITOKIES. Vitrina limplda, Gould. Camp 24: Clear Creek, Northeast Antelope Park 25 specimens. Cainp 26: Howardville, Baker's Park ,. ,. 3 specimens. Camp 1) : Auimas Valley 12 specimens. I do not find this species anywhere recorded from the central basin. It was, therefore, after long hesitation that I separated these specimens from the following species, which includes the majority of the Vitrince collected, and has a coextensive distribution in the Rocky Mountains. The recorded range of the present species is eastward from Lake Superior. Vitrina Pfeifferi, Newcomb. Camp 21: Los Pinos agency 25 specimens. Camp 23: Divide southwest of Los Pinos 15 specimens. Camp 26: Howardville, Baker's Park 40 specimens. Camp F: Rio La Plata 4 specimens. Camp P: Head of Mineral Creek 6 specimens. Carson Valley, Nevada {Newcomb); Lake Tahoe {Cooper); head of Gunnison River, Colorado {Carpenter). Western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. It will be noticed that all my localities are southern, but at a great elevation, shells from Mineral Creek having been collected in a snow- storm. It is well known that " the animal is very hardy; for, according to Nilson, it is found crawling about among leaves in the southern part of Sweden in the depth of winter, and it is also found in the most north- ern part of that ; The gentlemen of the United States Explor- ing Expedition found their specimens of Vitrina almost universally on the tops of mountains. Limax montanus, sp. NOV. Color bluish-gray; form stout, with blunt posterior extremity; length exceeding one inch ; color brown, with mantle, head, tentacles and eye-pedun- cles blade; bottom of foot o^. 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 Geological and Geographica
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