122 HELICIDjE, 



white with a faint yellowish tinge, the body whorl is usually more 

 or less tinted with rufous or fawn-colour, and generally encircled 

 by a faint white line placed a little above the periphery ; with 

 close-set, irregular, curved striae in the line of growth ; epiderinis 

 thin and somewhat wrinkled ; whorls 6-7, convex, body whorl 

 occupying rather more than half of the shell, much rounded, 

 not keeled ; spire short, apex obtuse ; suture deepish ; mouth 

 oblique, forming about three fourths of an oval, with an internal 

 white or sometimes pinkish rib placed a little away from the 

 margin ; outer lip thin, slightly reflected, folding over where it 

 joins the pillar ; umbilicus narrow, but deep. 



Inhabits grassy banks in hedgerows and copses, 

 chiefly in the home and southern counties of Eng- 

 land. It also occurs in Yorkshire and Northumber- 

 land, as well as in some parts of Wales ; but it has 

 not been observed in Scotland, and it is doubtful 

 whether it has been found in Ireland. 



It is sluggish and irritable, and secretes an abund- 

 ance of transparent slime. The shell is inclined to 

 one side when the animal is crawling. It lays from 

 sixty to ninety globular eggs, which are deposited in 

 moist places. 



" It hibernates from November to February, and 

 forms an epiphragm like a film of the finest blown 

 glass," B.C., vol. i. p. 191. In the earlier stages of 

 its growth the epidermis is clothed with short bristles, 

 which are deciduous. 



8. H. Cartusia'na,* Muller. Pl. VIII. 



Body slender, moderately transparent, yellowish, faintly tinged, 

 especially in front, with pale rose-colour, tubercles thickly set 

 and finely dotted with brown ; tentacles long, yellowish, trans- 



♦ So named because it was first discovered near a Carthusian 

 monastery. 



