HELIX. 895 



Helix Cantiana. Montagu Test. p. 422. t. £3. f. 1. Ma- 

 ton and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 197. Dorset 

 Cat. p. 53. t. 19. f. 21. 

 Helix pallida. Donovan, v. 1. 157- f. 2. 

 Inhabits hedges and old walls in several parts of Britain, and 



particularly Kent, Montagu, 8fc. 

 Shell about half an inch long, and three-quarters of an inch 

 broad ; it differs from H. rufescens in being larger, of a 

 paler colour, and in having the body-whirl much less dis- 

 tinctly keeled, but in the place of the keel there is a faint 

 white line. Lister has mentioned it in his Historia Anima- 

 lium AnglijB, and considered it to be a variety of H. ru- 

 fescens. 



RUFESCENS. 20. Shell umbilicated, keeled, some- 

 what depressed, with six transversely stri- 

 ated whirls, and the umbilicus rather large. 



Helix rufescens. Pennant Brit. Zool. iv. p. 134. Da 

 Costa Brit. Conch, p. 80. t. 4. f. 6. Montagu Test. 

 p. 420. t. 23. f.^2. Donovan, v. t. 157. f. 1. Maton 

 and Racket, in Lin. Trans, viii. p. 195". Dorset Cat. 

 p. 53. t. 20. f. 6. 

 Helix Turturum. Gmelin, p. 3639. 

 Helix, No. 100. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 205. 

 Lister Anim. Ang. t. 2. f. 12, and Conch, t. 71. lower 

 fig. A. 

 Junior. Covered with short hairs. 



Helix sericea. Midler Verm. ii. p. 62. Gmelin, p.36l7. 

 Helix hispida. Donovan, v. t. 151. f. 1. 

 Schroeter Erdco7ich. t. 2. f. 24. ? 

 Inhabits moist woods and shady places in England. Pennant, 



Sfc. Saxony. Schroeter, 

 Shell a quarter of an inch long, and about twice as broad, of 

 a pale reddish brown colour, with six slightly raised trans- 

 versely striated whirls, w hich are well defined by the suture ; 

 the body-whirl has a slightly carinated margin, which, is ren- 

 dered more conspicuous by being of a lighter colour, the 

 aperture has the outer lip thin, and a little reflected over the 

 umbilicus, which is large and deep. 



CRENULATA. 21. Shell umbilicated, slightly de- 

 pressed, somewhat keeled and striated, and 

 the summit brown. 

 Helix crenulata. Muller Verm. ii. p. 68. GmeliUf p. 3617. 



