PLATE CLI. 



FIG. I. 



HELIX HISPIDA. 



BRISTLY SNAIL. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal Limax. Shell univalve, spiral, diaphanous, fragile. Aper- 

 ture contracted semilunar, or roundish. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell umbilicated, convex, hairy, diaphanous ; whorls five : aperture 



roundish-lunated. 



Helix hispida : testa umbilicata convexa hispida diaphana: an- 



fractibus quinis,aperturasubrotundo-lunata. Linn. 

 Fn. Snec. 2182.— Gmel. Sj/st. Nat. 3625. 



Helix sub-globosa umbilicata, cornea, diaphana, hispida. Hispida, 



Helix. Da Costa. Brit. Conch, p. 58. 



This shell is not unfrequently found at the bottoms of trees among 

 the moss, in woods and wet shady places. It is glossy, very thin, 

 vol. v. B 



