160 Ixev, R. Siieppard's Account 



as a connecting link at the head of the next subdivision ; yet 

 possibly may, though a land shell, belong to the same : but I 

 can give no further description, my specimens having been lent 

 some years since to a gentleman, from whom I have not yet re- 

 ceived them. 



41. Helix ericetorum. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 194. 



By the side of a pond in one of the Glebe fields of Offton ; and 

 on Felixstow Common, between the cliffs and Ferry-house in 

 great abundance. 



This species is found as well without as with bands ; and I 

 have observed that in fruitful situations it is oftener without 

 bands than it is in the more sterile. I have two specimens 

 from Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire, one with bands, the other 

 without ; in both the upper superficies is flat, and the lower re- 

 markably tumid, sloping from the circumference to the umbi- 

 licus. 



46. Helix nitens. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 198, 



Common in woods and shady places under moss, stones, and 

 pieces of wood. Very fine specimens are to be obtained in 

 Friston wood. 



The inhabitant is black, and has a very fetid smell, much re- 

 sembling that of the urine voided by the common snake se defen- 

 dendo, and by which one may frequently be guided to the spot 

 where it is. In some instances this odour is not observable till 

 the shell has been immersed in .boiling water. 



47- Helix nitidula. Draparnaud. 

 In Middlewood Offton. 



In Essex I have taken it in the plantation at the end of my 

 lawn ; at Wrabness and Ramsey decoys ; in the parish of Beau- 

 mont; and in the great wood at Thorington. 



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