146 Beautiful Shells. 
Dorsetshire snail, added by Dr. Pulteney. Of the 
others which are figured, the heath snail is pale 
green in colour, and the bristly snail (H. hispida), 
which associates with it on the dry heath, is nearly 
greyish. The last shell is scattered over with 
bristles, but its diameter is only a quarter of an 
inch. The prickly snail (Fig. 42), though more 

45-46, 47-48, 
40-41. H. sericea, Draparnaud. 42. H. aculeata (the 
Prickly Snail), Miller. 48-44. H. fulva (the Top-shaped 
Snail. 45-46. H. pulchella (the White Snail), Miiller. 
47-48. H.rotundata (the Radiated Snail), ibid. 49-50. H. 
pygmeea (the Pigmy Snail), Draparnaud (much exagge- 
rated, see scale betwixt). 
minute, is stili more remarkable from having the 
appearance of large prickles on its shell. Amongst 
these very small shells are the top-shaped and white 
snail, the radiated, and finally the pigmy snail, 
whose diameter is less than a line. 
We shall still go to our bag for one more hand- 
ful of miscellaneous shells, which differ much from 
