. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Lingual dentition of Pupa corticaria. Pupa pellucida, Pfr. Shell subperforate, cylindrical, thin, pellucid, shining, pale yellow, spire somewhat attenuated, apex obtuse; whorls 5, convex, the last flatter than the penultimate; aperture semi-oval, with 5 teeth; single strong teeth on columella and parietal wall of aperture, two moderate ones on right side, a fifth small basal one within the aper- ture ; peristome simple, its right end expanded, its columellar end reflected. Length, 2 mill.; diameter, scarcely 1 mill. ;
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. Lingual dentition of Pupa corticaria. Pupa pellucida, Pfr. Shell subperforate, cylindrical, thin, pellucid, shining, pale yellow, spire somewhat attenuated, apex obtuse; whorls 5, convex, the last flatter than the penultimate; aperture semi-oval, with 5 teeth; single strong teeth on columella and parietal wall of aperture, two moderate ones on right side, a fifth small basal one within the aper- ture ; peristome simple, its right end expanded, its columellar end reflected. Length, 2 mill.; diameter, scarcely 1 mill. ; aperture, scarcely § mill. long. Pupa pellucida, Pfeiffer, Symbolce, I. 46 ; Mon. Hel. Viv., II, pupa pellucida. 360; in R'mer's Texas, 456. —Kuster, in Chemnitz, ed. 2. 89, PI. XII. Figs. 24, 25. — W. G. Binney, Terr. Moll., IV. 147; L. & Sh., I. 246 (1869). Pupa scrvilis, Gould, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., IV. 356, PI. XVI. Fig. 14. — Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. Viv., II. 360. Pupa Rilsei, Pfeiffer, olim, Mon. Hel. Viv., III. 532. — Kuster, in Chem- nitz, ed. 2, 176, PI. XXI. Figs. 13, 14. Leucochila pellucida, Tryon, Amer. Journ. Conch., IV. (1868b A West Indian species quoted by Pfeiffer from Texas, but not elsewhere noticed ; it is probably confined to the Texan Subregion. I have seen no specimens of it. Fig. 115 is a fac-simile of that of P. servilis. Animal unobserved. Pupa borealis, Morelet. Shell rimate, ovate-oblong, shining, diaphanous, reddish horn-color, with miscroscopic revolving stria?; whorls 6, rather convex, the last compressed be- low, forming a medium-sized excavation ; aperture somewhat rounded-oval, moderate, four-toothed, one deep, foldlike, on the parietal wall, one columellar, the rest smaller, palatal; peristome simple, straight, its columellar extremity slightly dilated above. Length, 3 mill.; width, \\ mill. (Morelet.) Pupa borealis, Morelet, Journ. de Conch., VII. 9 (1858). An Asiatic species, said also to be found in Alaska. Animal unkno
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