110 HKLICID^. 



Remarks. [ This shell has a general resemblance in 

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

 was imfortunately 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. — g.] 



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 acute, ex- 

 panse, albo, margine columellari dilatato. 



SYNONYMS AND KEFEBENCES. 



JJdia: asperia, Muix., Verm. II. 59. No. 253. 



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

 Lam. An. sans Vert. (Desh. cd.) VIII. 32. 



DESCRIPTION. 



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

 surface rather coarsely and irregularly sti-iate, and finely 

 wrinkled and indented ; the gi-otmd 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, 



