‘Montagu Test. Brit. p. 420. 
: Descriptive Catalogue of the British Testacea.- — 197 
Pulteney in Hutch. Dorset. P BIE t. 20. fO: 
— Supplem. t.23. f. 2. 
Donovan Brit. Shells, t. 157. "n 
Habitat in hortis, sepibus, nemoribus, frequentissima. 
Testa diametro 4. poll., tenuis, subdiaphana, rufescens seu spadicea, stris. 
numerosis, seu rugis fere obliteratis. -dnfractus 4 vel 5, minime pro- 
minentes ; primus. subcarinatus, carina pallescente. Spira nunc de- 
pressa, nunc convexior. Labrum marginatum. Umbilicus cylindricus, 
perforatus usque ad apicem. 
Testc juniores nonnunquam tomentose. 
Gmelin has described this species from Lister as 
Heliv Turturum, but has added erroneous references. 
Helix sericea of Muller and Gmelin, and H. holosericea 
of the latter, are also probably the same shell. We 
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Cantiana. 
4s in these so frequent. 
have retained Da Costa’s trivial name “ rufescens,” 
Which is used by all the English authors. 
H. testa umbilicata, substriata, subdepressa; apertura 
suborbiculata. 
Lister Anim. Angl. p. 196. 
Montagu Test. Brit. p. 499. ———— Supplem. t. 23. f- 1. 
Donovan Brit. Shells, t. 157. f. 9. H. pallida. . 
Pulteney in Hutch. Dorset. t. 19. f. 21. 
Habitat in pratis et sepibus. 
Testa $ poll. lata, dilute rufescens, interdum superne cæruleata; ; precedenti 
affinis, magnitudine veró facillime distinguenda, duplo major, tenuior, 
umbilico minore, obsolete striata, vix. carinata, interdum fascia pallida.. 
First noticed by Lister, as brought from Kent. l'ound 
also by Mr. Boys, near Sandwich; at Chelsfield, Kent ;. 
Ripley, Surrey ; Spetisbury, Dorset; and Alton, Hants, 
by the Rev. Thomas Rackett. We have not heard of 
its having been found in any other counties, though it 
17. nitens. 
