206 HELICID^E. 



The species next succeeding is often considered to be 

 only a variety of the present. The differences will be 

 noticed in the remarks on that shell. 



Lister's figure, tab. 81, f. 82, has been referred to as 

 the representative of this species ; but it is clearly too 

 indefinite to be depended upon. It rather resembles the 

 young of some of the larger species. 



49. HELIX INTERTEXTA, BINNEY. 

 PLATE XXXVI. 



H. testa sub-pyramidata, perforata, cornea ; anfractibus 

 striatis, striis obliquis, iineis minutissimis, impressis, volven- 

 tibus, intertextis ; anfractu ultimo zona sub-albida, rufo- 

 marginata, cincto ; apertura lunato-rotundata ; labro sim- 

 plici ; basi intus incrassato. 



SYNONYMS AND KEFEEENCES. 



Helix intertezta, BINNEY, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. III. 413, pi. 20, f. 2. 

 PHILIPPI, Icon. II. 9, pi. 6, f. 16. 

 CHEMNITZ, 2il. ed. pi. 33, f. 8 - 10. 

 PFEIFFER, Monog. Helic. Viv. I. 49. 



DESCRIPTION. 



ANIMAL not hitherto observed. 



SHELL sub-pyramidal ; epidermis yellowish horn-color ; 

 whorls six to seven, with numerous fine, oblique striae, 

 .and very minute, spiral striae, intersecting each other ; 



