HELIX. 921 



Inhabits woods in France, England, and Sweden. Lannceus. 

 Italy. Da Costa. Germany. Born. 



Shell two or three inches long, and nearly equally broad, of a 

 pale dull yellowish brown colour, with three obsolete darker 

 bands on the body-whirl, or sometimes nearly white without 

 any bands ; it has five rounded whirls, with a rather small 

 but produced spire ; the margin of the outer lip is thick- 

 ened, and the inner lip much reflected over the umbilicus. 

 The animals were formerly bred and fattened in stews for 

 the table by the Romans ; and Varro says they were made 

 to attain such a size, that a shell has been known to hold 

 ten quarts ! //. ligata is said to be only fourteen lines long, 

 and is probably a young shell of this species. 



scALARis. 77. Shell conical, sub-turreted, with 

 five ventricose almost unconnected whirls, 

 and the aperture ovate. 



Helix scalaris. Muller Verm. ii. p. 113. Chemnitz, ix. 



part 2. p. 1 14. 1. 128. f. 1 139. No. 1. Gmelin, p. 5652. 

 Argenville Zoom. X. 9. f. 8. Martini Berl. Mag. ii. 1. 1. f. 5. 



Ginanni Op. Post. ii. t. 1. f. 6. .Favanne, t. 76. f. L. 

 Inhabits France. Argenville. Italy. Ginanni. 

 This shell is of the same size and colour as H. Pomatia, from 

 which it differs in having the whirls remarkably produced 

 and almost unconnected, and is probably nothing more than 

 an accidental variety. Chemnitz has given three figures, of 

 which the two smaller appear to me to belong to a perfectly 

 distinct species. 



ciNCTA. 78. Shell sul3-umbilicated, nearly globu- 

 lar, with five transversely fasciated whirls, 

 and parallel striae ; outer lip red. 



Helix cincta. Muller Verm. ii. p. 58. Gmelin, p. 3630. 



Inhabits 



This shell is said to be eighteen lines in diameter, and to differ 

 from //. ligata of Muller in being larger, with five instead 

 of four whirls ; it has also the outer lip red instead of white, 

 and the transverse reddish bands are accompanied by very 

 fine parallel striae, which are however not discernible with- 

 out a glass. 



ROSACEA. 79. Shell sub-umbilicat^ed, nearly globu- 

 lar, of a flesh-colour, and transversely stri- 

 ated ; outer lip reflected and brown. 



