l62 ..Vi Rev. R. Siieppard's Account 



49. Helix radiata. Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 199- 

 Common under pieces of wood and bark in Middlewood OfF- 

 ton, Friston wood, &c. 



I have a beautiful pale-green variety without rays from Stour 

 wood, in Ramsey, Essex ; and some pale specimens of a larger 

 size (also without rays) from Dinton Hall grounds in Bucking- 

 hamshire, a present from Dr. Goodall. 



50. Helix Kirbii. 

 H. testa nunc subconica nunc subdepressa subpellucida striata, 



anfractibus quatuor, umbilico patulo. 

 Habitat sub saxis et lignis. 

 Testa diametro ^ lin. rufo-cornea ; anfractibus subtiliter striatis. 



Apertura subrotundo-lunata. Labium tenue. Umbilicus 



profundus. 



Found under stones between Baylham and Great Blakenham. 



In Essex it occurs in considerable numbers in Stour wood, 

 Ramsey ; Glebe grove, Parsonage garden and lawn in Wrabness, 

 under stones and pieces of wood, as well sound as decayed. 



This shell had the trivial name of elegans, originally given it 

 by me; but that name being pre-occupied by Draparnaud,-! 

 hope this beautiful little species will in future be called after one 

 of the best of men, and best of friends, the Rev. William Kirby 

 of Barham. 



A friend assures me, that he has examined several specimens 

 I sent him, without being able to discern any difference betwixt 

 them and the young of Helix umbilicata. But as it never exceeds 

 \ a line in diameter, whereas the H. umbilicata equals -jVth of an 

 inch ; as it is found in profusion in the above-mentioned places 

 in Essex ; and the whorls, four only in number, never appear 

 fer^ disjuncti, as they do in that shell, which has five whorls, and 



has 



