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grown in from 11 to 13 months. The eggs are ovate 

 and white. 



Professor Forbes considers the Helix bortensis of 

 Grey, Alder, Jeffreys, Miiller, Draparnaud, &c , and the 

 Helix hybrida of Grey, Bro\»n, and Pioret as only 

 varieties of Helix nemoralis ; as such they will at pre- 

 sent be considered, although I feel persuaded the Heliy 

 hortensis will eventually be found to be a distinct 

 species. 



Figures 52 and 53. 

 52. 



53. 



Var. Helix hortensis [The Garden Snail, see figs. 

 o2&35] is as various in its colours, markings, and form 

 as Helix neiaoralis; the great distinctive differences are, 

 first, in being a fourth smaller than that of neraoralis j 

 secondly, in having a white margin around the aper- 

 ture instead of a dark one; and third, in being more 

 polished. The variation in the colour of the animal is 

 as great in H. nemoralis as it is in H- hortensis. 



One specimen of this shell has been taken in this 

 neighbourhood; near Bulwell. 



