Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ddle and southern UnitedStates. The Bermuda form is the southern variety. Tree Snails; Barh Snails. {Helicella ventricosa (Drap.); Valloniapulchella (Mull.); Succinea Barbadensis Guild.) Figures 79, a, b, c, d. The first named of these is the most abundant. It is found in thecrevices of the bark or in other sheltered spots both on standing andfallen trees of various kinds, including cedars and cycads, sometimes A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 733 in great numbers ; the old and young are associated together inclusters. It is ofte
Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . ddle and southern UnitedStates. The Bermuda form is the southern variety. Tree Snails; Barh Snails. {Helicella ventricosa (Drap.); Valloniapulchella (Mull.); Succinea Barbadensis Guild.) Figures 79, a, b, c, d. The first named of these is the most abundant. It is found in thecrevices of the bark or in other sheltered spots both on standing andfallen trees of various kinds, including cedars and cycads, sometimes A. E. Verrill—The Bermuda Islands. 733 in great numbers ; the old and young are associated together inclusters. It is often prettily variegated or mottled with dark brown,light brown, and yellowish tints. Owing to its small size it probablydoes but little damage. It may have been an indigenous species ofWest Indian origin. The Succhiea (figures 80, a, b, p. 729) occurs in similar situations,though less common, but it is sometimes found on particular trees inlarge numbers. It was first recorded by Temple Prime in 1858, inthe Bermuda Almanac, but it may have been indigenous. 81.
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