of the Land and Fresh-water Shells of Suffolk. l6l 



An almost diaphanous whitish variety is found in Little Stour 

 wood, Wrabness. 



This species is distinct from Helix nitens and Helix hispida ; 

 assuming nevertheless, in some respects, the characters of both. 

 Its upper superficies has a dull waxy appearance, thereby differ- 

 ing from either of them. The animal is of a light colour, and 

 emits no unpleasant smell ; and the young shells particularly are 

 beautifully striated ; which circumstances separate it from H. ni- 

 tens ; whilst on the other hand, like that shell, its under surface' 

 is whitish and highly polished, and it is found in the same situa- 

 tions. It is not so convex as H. hispida, never goes under water, 

 and is of a different colour : yet the young are scarcely dis- 

 cernible from those of that shell. 



It occurs in Mons. Draparnaud's work ; but as he describes it 

 with four volutions only, whereas it has five, I presume he had 

 not seen it in its adult state. )\<.ny\ 



When Dr. Pulteney tells us that Helix hispida is common in 

 woods, does he not intend this species ? 



4.8. Helix hispida. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. \m. p. \^Q. 



At the edges of the third mill-pond on Porter's Farm, Leving- 

 ton ; on pieces of wood submersed in, and at the roots of grass 

 occasionally covered with water by the side of, Baylham pond. 



In Essex, on old wooden piles in Ramsey decoy-pond. 



This is an amphibious shell, and is frequently found some 

 feet below the surface of water on stakes and piles, upon which 

 it ascends and descends at pleasure. - * 



On the 2d of June 1821, I took a specimen at Ramsey decoy- 

 pond with four eggs adhering to the animal ; they were round, 

 white, and opake, resembling the eggs of birds, and retain their 

 form without shrinking. , 



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