11(3 HELICID^E. 



REMARKS. [ This shell has a general resemblance in 

 form and coloring to H. aspersa of Europe, for which it 

 was unfortunately mistaken by the author, and is erro- 

 neously so lettered on the plate. It is of larger size, 

 and an examination of its surface, which is singularly 

 granulated, can leave no doubt of its distinctness. a.] 



9. HELIX ASPERSA, MULL. 



H. testa imperforata, conico-globosa, rugulosa, griseo- 

 lutescente, fasciis variis castaneis flammulisque flavidis 

 ornata : anfractibus quatuor convexiusculis, ultimo ventri- 

 coso ; apertura lunato-rotundata, peristomate acuto, ex- 

 panso, albo, margine columellari dilatato. 



SYNONYMS AND REFEEENCES. 



Helix aspersa, MULL., Verm. II. 59. No. 253. 



FERUSSAC, Hist. tab. 18, 19, 21, B. 24. 

 LAM. An. sans Vert. (Desh. ed.) VIII. 32. 



DESCRIPTION. 



SHELL. Sub-globose, imperforate, rather thin, the 

 surface rather coarsely and irregularly striate, and finely 

 wrinkled and indented ; the ground color is yellowish or 

 grayish, with chestnut-colored bands of various width, 

 across which are narrow undulating flammules of yel- 

 lowish. The spire is rather obtuse, composed of four 

 or five moderately convex whorls, the principal one being 

 very large and ventricose. The aperture is large, a 

 little oblique, rounded lunate ; the lip white, sharp, 



