I30 HELICID^, 



among the loose stones, and probably affords a 

 favourite repast to H. revelata^ which congregated 

 in some numbers about its roots. 



14. H. Fus'CA,* Montagu. Pl. VIII. 



Body elongate, yellowish-grey tinged with violet, finely speckled 

 with black above, tubercles small, irregularly placed ; tentacles 

 long, thick at the base, very slightly transparent, bluish-grey 

 slightly tinged with violet ; lower tentacles more diverging at 

 the base than the upper ones ; bulbs small, nearly globular •,foot 

 long, narrow, its edges of a bluish tint. 



Shell subconical, somewhat compressed, very thin, nearly 

 membranous, transparent, glossy, pale yellowish-brown or light 

 horn-colour, with strong irregular wrinkles in the line of growth ; 

 periphery rounded, slightly keeled ; epiderynis somewhat thick ; 

 whorls 5-55, body whorl occupying a little more than half of the 

 shell ; spire somewhat produced, apex obtuse ; suture rather 

 shallow ; mouth semilunar, somewhat oblique ; outer lip rather 

 thin, reflected over the umbilicus which is exceedingly small. 



Inhabits woods and hedgerows, as well as grassy- 

 banks, among nettles, brambles, and ferns, in many 

 parts of Great Britain, but it is a local species. I 

 have frequently seen it feeding upon the tender leaves 

 of young alders and poplar trees. It is exceedingly 

 hardy. In the * Quarterly Journal of Conchology,' 

 vol. i. p. 180, Mr. Charles Ashford makes the following 

 interesting remarks on the habits of this species. "On 

 Christmas day a few winters ago I was walking 

 through Saltram Wood, three miles from Plymouth, 

 when I noticed two individuals of H. fiisca upon the 

 herbage of the bank. As the weather was cold I was 

 rather surprised to find this species abroad while its 



* Dusky brown. 



