206 HELICID^. 



The species next succeeding is often considered to be 

 only a variety of the present. Tlie 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, lineis 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. 



Hdix intertexta, Binney, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. III. 413, pi. 20, f. 2. 

 Philippi, Icon. II. 9, pi. 6, f. 16. • 

 Chemnitz, 2c1. ed. pi. 33, f. 8- 10. 

 Pfeiffee, Monog. Helic. Viv. I. 49. 



DESCKIPTION. 



Animal not hitherto observed. 



Shell sub-pyramidal ; epidermis yello-wish horn-color ; 

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

 and very minute, spiral striiB, intersecting each other ; 



