. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. Fig. Pupa pellucida. Lingual dentition of Fupa corlicaria. 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 end reflected. Length,
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology; Zoology. Fig. Pupa pellucida. Lingual dentition of Fupa corlicaria. 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 end reflected. Length, 2 mill.; diameter, scarcely 1 mill.; aperture, scarcely | mill. long. Pupa pellucida^ Pfeiffer, Symbolae, I. 46 ; Mon. Hel. Viv., II, 360; in Rimer's Texas, 456. —Kuster, in Chemnitz, ed. 2. 89, PL XII. Figs. 24, 25. — W. G. Binney, Terr. Moll, IV. 147; L. & Sh., I. 246 (1869). Piqya scrvilis, GouLD, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, IV. 356, PI. XVI. Fig. 14. — Pfeiffer, Mon. Hel. Viv., II. 360. Pupa Riisei, Pfeiffer, olim, Mon. Hel. Viv., III. 532. — Ktjster, in Chem- nitz, ed. 2, 176, PI. XXI. Figs. 13, 14. Leiicochilapellucida, Tryon, Anier. Journ. Conch., IV. (1868^. 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 riraate, 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, 1^ mill. (Morelet.) Pupa borealis, Mokelet, Journ. de Conch., VII. 9 (1858). An Asiatic species, said also to be found in
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