Wolds. It is of a trochiform or lop shape, a form very 

 similar to that of H. virgata. It is rare. 



Helix caperata appears to inhabit trap and cal- 

 careous districts. 



From the investigations of M. Bouchard Chatereaux 

 we learn that it deposits from. 35 to 40 eggs at a time, 

 between the months of July and October. These are 

 hatched in from 15 to 20 days, and are fully grown in 

 a year. 



In this neighbourhood it has only been found in one 

 locality, a solitary field at Stantoivon-the- Wolds. 

 When fiyst observed, which was after a smart shower 

 of rain, in the month of September, it was so numerous' 

 that almost every blade of grass contained one or more 

 of these snails clinging to it; subsequent visits hap- 

 pening to be en dry days, none but dead specimens- 

 could be procured, and it was feared that this solitary 

 locality might be destroyed, but a rainy day last autumn 

 brought with it a similar number to those before ob- 

 served. Thus this species buries itself in the ground 

 during dry weather. 



The more distant places wliere it is found are— Pen- 

 zance (Millett), Wiltshire, Cornwall, Stanborougk, 

 Woolcomb, and Plymouth (Montagu), Bristol (Miller), 

 Whitesand Bay^ near Plymouth (Jefl'reys), Swansea 

 (Jeffreys), Harleston, Norfolk (Bloxara), Torquay, and 

 Spetisbury, Dorsetshire (Maton), Norwich (Bridgman), 

 Kent (Boys), Essex (Sheppard), Kendal (Gough), 

 Newcastle (Alder), Calke Ahbey, Derbyshire (Bloxam), 

 Lytham (Tiie Author)^ Cumberland (Brown). 



Scotland (Fleming), Aberdeen (Macgillivray), Salis- 

 bury Crags, Edinburgh (Brown), Musselburgh (Laskey). 



Dublin (Brown), Kingstown, near Dublin (Warren), 

 Kilkee Castle, Ballitore, La Bergerie (Patterson), Naas, 

 County Kildare (Brawu), and Glenmire, near Cork 

 (Harvey). 



