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Genus 53.—HeEtix.—Linneus. 
Shell orbicular, or subglobose, thin; body very large; spire 
short, and small in proportion to the body; aperture oblique 5 
outer lip reflected, and interrupted by the bulging of the body; 
columella confluent with the outer lip, and situate on the lower 
portion of the axis. Some species umbilicated, and others not 
so; destitute of an operculum. 
Some species, however, have the power of forming a calca- 
reous lid, fitting the aperture, to the external edges of which, 
the animal firmly cements it after retiring to its hybernaculum 
in winter. This lid has been termed by some authors an 
epiphragm. 
This genus has been divided into several sub-genera. 
Sub-Genus 1.—Hericocena—Ferussac. 
Body volution large ; axis solid ; destitute of an umbilicus ; 
aperture large. 
1. Hexrx Pomaria, pl. XVI, f. 12 and 14.—First Ed., pl. 
39, f. 12 and 14. 
Heliz Pomatia, Linnzus, Syst. Nat., p. 1244; Gmelin, Linn. 
Syst., p- 3627; Lister, Conch., pl. 48, f. 46; Pennant, Brit. 
Zool., IV, p. 134, pl. 84, f. 128; Cochtea Pomatia, Da Costa, 
Brit. Sh., p. 67, pl. 4, f 14; Donovan, Brit. Sh., III, pl. 84; 
Miiller, Verm., II, p.43, No. 243; Turton’s Linné, IV, p. 513; 
Ib., Man., p. 44, pl. 4, f. 34; Ib., Brit. Fau., p. 190; Montagu, 
Test. Brit., p. 408; Brard, p. 19, pl. 1, f.5; Drapernaud, Hist. 
des Moll., p. 87, pl. 5, f. 20, 21, 22; Pfeiffer, I, p. 25, pl. 2, £9; 
Brown, Ency. Brit., 6th Ed., VI, p. 458; Ib., Ency. Edinensis, 
II, p. 554, pl. 55, f. 5; Alder, Mag. Zool. and Bot., II, p. 106; 
Pomatia antiquorum, Leach, Moll., p. 89. 
Shell subglobose, rather strong; body very large, ventricose ; 
spire small, consisting of four somewhat inflated, well divided 
yolutions, terminating in an obtuse apex; whole shell with 
rather strong, longitudinal striz, and crossed by very minute, 
spiral strie, but not so strong as to produce a reticulated 
appearance; aperture nearly sublunate; pillar lip white, or very 
pale rose-colour, considerably spread over the columella; outer 
lip slightly reflected, and somewhat thickened on the margin ; 
whole shell covered with a:thin yellowish-brown epidermis, with 
three or four broad, transversely spiral, reddish-brown bands 
beneath it on the body yolution, and generally one narrow band 
on the superior yolutions; inside of aperture pale brownish- 
purple. Length generally about two inches; diameter not 
quite so much. 
The favourite habitats of this species are hedges, woods, and 
chalky soil. It does not extend further north in England than 
the midland counties. 
Fig. 6 represents the young shell. 
The H. Pomatia is the largest of the British land shells, and 
is subject to some variety, both as regards colour and size, and 
relative proportion of the spire to the body. Reversed speci- 
mens have been met with, and others with the convolutions 
disunited and scalariform. 
_ This shell has, by some authors, been supposed not an abo- 
riginal species, but to have been introduced from Italy about 
the middle of the sixteenth century by a Mr. Howard, and first 
turned out at Albury, in Surrey. © They seem to have increased 
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much, and spread themselves over most of the southern coun- 
ties. We are, however, of opinion that it is a native of 
England. 
This species was a favourite food with the ancient Romans, 
and is eaten in many parts of Europe at the present time. 
2. Hewix aspersa, pl. XVI, f. 5, 13, and 17.—First Ed., 
pl. 39, f. 5, 13, and 17. 
Helix aspersa, Miiller, Verm., If, p. 59, No. 253; Gmelin, 
Linn. Syst., p. 3631, No. 58; Lister, Conch., pl. 49, f. 47; 
Turton’s Linné, IV, p. 515; Montagu, Test. Brit., p. 409; 
Drapernaud, p. 89, pl. 5, f. 23; Brard, p. 7, pl. 1, f. 15 Brown, 
Ency. Brit. 6th Ed., VI, p. 460; Fleming, Edin. Ency., VII, 
p- 81; Ib. Brit. An., p. 263; Turton, Man., p. 52, f. 35; 
Leach, Moll., p. 82; Rossmassler, pt. 5th, p. 5, pl. 22, f. 294, 
and small var. Mazzublii, p. 5, pl. 22, f. 296; Jeffreys, Linn. 
Tr., XVI, p. 328; Alder, Mag. Zool. and Bot., Il, p. 106; 
Thompson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., p. 20; Forbes, Mal. 
Mon., p. 7; Helix hortensis, Pennant, Brit. Zool., IV, p. 136, 
pl. 84, f. 129; Turton, Brit. Fau., p. 191; Brown, Wernerian 
Mem., II, p. 527; Donovan, Brit. Sh., IV, pl. 13135 Cochlea 
vulgaris, Da Costa, p. 72, pl. 4, f. 1. 
Shell subglobose; body large; spire small, consisting of four 
nearly parallel, rather tumid, but narrow volutions, terminating 
in a somewhat obtuse apex; aperture semilunar, a little longi- 
tudinally lengthened; inner lip white, pretty broadly reflected 
on the columella; outer lip blunted on the edge, and consider- 
ably reflected; whole surface covered with a rather strong, dull, 
wrinkled epidermis, of a yellowish-brown or olive ; with two or 
three dark, reddish-brown bands of large, interrupted, irregular 
blotches on the body yolution, and two or three on the volu- 
tions of the spire; between these are paler, irregular markings. 
Diameter about an inch and a half. 
When the epidermis is removed, the surface of the shell 
is of a pale white, marked with the fascie, which appear more 
distinct. 
Fig. 18 represents the young shell. 
This species is subject to considerable variety, both in colour 
and markings, as well as in the length of its spire. 
Fig. 13 is a small variety, the body of which is invested with 
irregular, longitudinal clouds and blotches, without fascia. It 
has been found with the volutions reversed, and also with the 
convolutions apart from each other. 
This species is universally diffused over the whole of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and inhabits woody situations, but is more 
especially met with in gardens, where it makes considerable 
hayee among the plants. 
3. HeExix nemoratts, pl. XVI, f. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10— 
First Edi, pl. 39, f. 1, 2; 3, 7, 8, 9, 10. 
Helix nemoralis, Miiller, Verm., II, p. 46, No. 246; Linne, 
Syst. Nat., p. 3647; Lister, Conch., pl. 57, f. 54; Montagu, 
Test. Brit., p. 411; Donovan, Brit. Sh., I, pl. 133 Drapernaud, 
p- 94, pl. 6, f. 3, 4,5; Brard, p. 12, pl. 1, f. 2 and 4; Maton 
and Rackett, Linn. Tr., VIII, p. 206; Lamarck, An. San. Vert., 
VI, pt. 2nd, p. 81; Fleming, Brit. An., p. 264; Ib., Edin. 
Ency., VI, p. 81; Brown, Ency. Brit., ist Ed., VI, p. 460; 
Ib., Wernerian Mem., II, p. 527; Pfeiffer, I, p. 27, pl. 2, f. 10, 
11; Rossmassler, pl. 298, a, 6, var.; Ib., VILI, p. 26, pl. 36, f. 
494; Ib., pl. 10, f. 137; Turton, Brit. Fau., p- 191; Ib., Man., 
