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(Sheppard), Eton (Goodall), Whitlingham and Si 

 Faith's Wood, near Norwich (Bridgman), London 

 (Grey), Northampton (Morton), Calke Abbey, Derby- 

 shire (Bloxam), Hemsley, Blackmore Castle (Win- 

 stanley). Kendal (Goiigh), Newcastle (Alder), and 

 Cumberland Mountains (Hudson). 



In Ireland, generally distributed (Thompson), Bel- 

 fast (Hyndeman), Rathgael House, County of Down 

 (Cleland), and Wolf-hill, where it is very abundant 

 (Thompson). 



On the Continent, in France (Draparnaud). 



Mr. Morris has found it fossil, with remains of mam- 

 malia, at Grays, Erith, Copford, Sutton, and Ilford, on 

 the banks of the Thames, near London. 



Helix pulchella (The White Snail). Miiller. 

 Figures 69 and 70. 



<f- 70. 



The small yet very pretty Helix pulchella has a 

 opaque dusky-white shell. In form it is considerably 

 depressed, being equally convex on both sides. Apex 

 blunt, aperture almost circular, with a flat and broadly 

 reflexed edge of a milky-white colour. There are three 

 and a half convolutions. The umbilicus is capacious 

 and profound. 



The usual diameter is from the ninth to the tenth of 

 an inch. 



Colour of the animal black ; eyes white. 



It inhabits walls, under stones and ivy leaves; also 

 under stones on the ground. Found in both dry end 

 damp sitnations. 



