HELIX. 103 



3. HELIX MULTILJNEATA, SAY. 

 PLATE III. 



H. testa orbiculato-convexa, imperforata, luteo-cornea, 

 lineis fuscis diversissime fasciata ; anfractibus elegantissime 

 striatis ; striis confertis ; peristornate albo, margine reflexo. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Helix muhilineata, SAY, Jour. Acail. II. 150. 



FKRUSSAC, Hist. pi. 46, a. f. 3. 

 BINXEY, Bost. Jour. I. 4sQ, pi. 14. 

 KIRTLAND, Ohio Report, ifcc., 173, 199. 

 SAGER, Michigan Catalogue, 14. 



DESCRIPTION. 



ANIMAL. Blackish, granulated ; granules, -whitish 

 with darker interstices ; foot, beneath black. 



SHELL. Rounded, convex, rather thin ; epidermis 

 yellowish-brown, or russet color, with numerous reddish 

 brown, finely undulated, revolving lines and bands ; 

 whorls, between five and six, with delicate, parallel, ob- 

 lique stride ; suture distinctly marked ; aperture lunated, 

 slightly contracted by the lip ; lip white, not much 

 expanded, reflected, rather thin ; umbilical region im- 

 pressed. 



Greatest transverse diameter, three-fourths of an inch. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. " An exceedingly nu- 

 merous species in the moist forests on the margin of the 



