. The Conchologists' exchange. Mollusks. THE NAUTILUS. 131 hibernate so carefully that one is amazed when spring opens to find such armies of them. Living along with Succinece are H. thyroides and alternata; shells of the former quite pretty, some of them delicate pink color, and a number of specimens are encir- cled with two or three bands of white, seem- ingly eroded. Macroeylis concava and Zonites fulvus also occur. Pupce are scarce ; I have only H. thyroides. g^en a fcw contvacta and pentodon. In the wettest parts of the woods, in the moss, great numbers of Pomatiopsis lapidaria can be gat
. The Conchologists' exchange. Mollusks. THE NAUTILUS. 131 hibernate so carefully that one is amazed when spring opens to find such armies of them. Living along with Succinece are H. thyroides and alternata; shells of the former quite pretty, some of them delicate pink color, and a number of specimens are encir- cled with two or three bands of white, seem- ingly eroded. Macroeylis concava and Zonites fulvus also occur. Pupce are scarce ; I have only H. thyroides. g^en a fcw contvacta and pentodon. In the wettest parts of the woods, in the moss, great numbers of Pomatiopsis lapidaria can be gathered; also Carychiiim exiguum; and in the cove and river in the near vicinity are twenty or more species of fresh water shells, many of them of excellent quality. During the early part of the present winter, as frosty days were quite the exception, I visited Almont" frequently for collecting, all of them delightfully successsful trips. Have gleaned much of interest regarding the hibernation of the different snails there found. Here are my notes for the 7th of January this year: " Particularly numerous at this time are H. palliata, though not so easily found as in summer. They are invariably closed with the epiphragm, lying aperture upward, looking very pretty when first exposed to the light, their pearly white lips contrasting beautifully with the dark epidermis. Old bark nests seem to be a favorite place for them to congregate for winter. Sometimes they will be found singly, often five or six grouped together; and at times as many as twenty or thirty distributed about a single little vicinity. A situa- tion of this sort is often chosen by H. monodon (fraterna); this species can thus be found to the extent of tw^enty or more individuals in a cluster wintering along with H. palliata. Once in a while the collector is pleased by the finding of a large Zonites fuliginosus buried his whole' depth in the ground, and nothing visible save the membranous covering over the ape
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