HELIX. 937 



RECTA. 114. Shell oblong-ovate, acuminated, with 

 longitudinal stripes interrupted by a white 

 band on the body-whirl ; outer lip reflected. 



Helix recta. Midler Verm. ii. p. 93. Gmelin, p. 3643. 



Variety. With the whirls reversed. 

 Helix inversa. Muller Verm. ii. p. 93. Chemnitz, ix. 

 part 1. p. 93. t. 1 10. f. 925 and 926. Gmelin, p. 3644. 

 Helix perversa, Var. y. Born Mus. p. 382. 

 Biilimus inversus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 315. 

 Grew Mus. t. 10. Petiver Gaz. t. 76. f. 5. Gmlter, t. 

 5. f. O. Knorr, v. i. 23. f. 5. 



Inhabits 



Shell about two inches long, and nearly half as broad, with 

 seven or eight whirls, of which the body-whirl is ventricose, 

 and the spire conical ; it differs from //. aurea in having 

 the upper whirls less ventricose, the spire rather longer and 

 more acuminated, and the base less rounded ; it is of a pale 

 fawn-colour tinged with blue, and variegated with reddish 

 brown or blackish longitudinal stripes interrupted by a trans- 

 verse white band. 



INTERRUPTA. 115. Shell oblong-ovate, smooth, 

 whitish, with transverse rows of oblong spots 

 on the body-whirl, and the summit black ; 

 outer lip white and reflected. 



Helix interrupta. Muller Verm. ii. p. 94. Chemnitz, ix. 



part 2. p. 154. t. 134. f. 1213 and 1214. Gmelin, p. 



3644. 

 Bulimus interruptus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 31 6. 

 Variety. With the whirls reversed. 

 Helix contraria. Muller Verm. ii. p. 95. Gmelin, p. 



S644. 

 Helix interrupta sinistrorsa. Chemnitz, ix. part 1. p. 101, 



t. 111. f. 938 and 939. 

 Favanne, t. 65. f. A 6» 



Inhabits 



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

 of an inch broad, of a yellowish white colour, with pale cho- 

 colate broad longitudinal stripes, which are interrupted by 

 several different coloured bands, so as to give the whole sur- 

 face somewhat of a tessellated appearance ; it has seven 

 whirls, and is nearly allied to H. aurea, but is much more 

 prettily marked, and all the specimens which 1 have seen 

 have had a black spot on the summit. 



