942 HELIX. 



Variety A. With the margin of the outer lip brown. 

 Hehx nemoralis. Midler Verm. ii. p. 46. Born Miis. p. 



384. t. 16. f. 3 to 8. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. ]44. t. 



13a. f. 1196 to 1198. Gmelin, p. 3647- Montagu Test. 



p. 411. 

 Lister Aiiim. Ang. t. £. f. 3, and Conch, t. 57. f. 54. Pe~ 



tiver Gaz. t. 91. f. 9 to 12, and t. 92. f. 9 and 10. Gual- 



ter, t. 1. f. P, and left Q. Seha, iii. t. 39. f. 12, 13, 18, 



and 19. Geve, t. 32. f. 393 to 41 1, and t. 33. f. 412 to 



420. Favanne, t. 63. f. H. 

 Variety B. With the outer lip white. 

 Helix hortensis. Muller Verm. ii. p. 52. Born Mus. p. 



SS5. t. 16. f. 18 and 19- Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 146. t. 



133. f. 1 199 to 1201. Gmelin, p. 3649- Montagu Test.^ 



p. 412. 

 Gualter, t. 1. f. right Q. Geve, t. 31. f. S68 to 390. 

 Variety C. With the whirls reversed. 

 Helix nemoralis contraria. Chemnitz, ix. part 1. p. 92. t. 



109. f. 924. 

 Common in woods and hedges throughout Europe. 

 Shell about three-quarters of an inch long, and the breadth ra- 

 ther exceeds the length ; it is somewhat globular and pellu- 

 cid, and has five whirls of various colours ; the following va- 

 rieties have been enumerated by Muller : A. Red, without 

 any variegation ; B. Red, with a very narrow pale band ; C. 

 Red, with two pale bands ; D. Red, with a very broad brown 

 band ; E. Red, with a broad brovv^n band ; F. Red, with a 

 narrow brown band ; G. Red, with three brown bands, of 

 which the lower and middle are very broad ; H. Chestnut- 

 coloured, with a yellowish band ; I. Flesh-coloured, without 

 any variegation ; K. Flesh-coloured, with three darker bands ; 

 L. Flesh-coloured, with one darker band ; M. Whitish, with 

 fine red transverse bands and lines ; N. Yellow, without any 

 variegation; O. Yellow, with a narrow brown band ; P. Yel- 

 low, with a very broad brown band ; R. Yellow, with two 

 brown equal bands at the base ; S. Yellow, with two brown 

 bands, of which the lower is very broad ; T. Yellow, with a 

 •white band edged on both sides with red ; U. Yellow, with 

 two very broad brown bands ; V. Yellow, with three equal 

 brown bands ; X. Yellow, with three brown bands, and the 

 middle one very narrow ; Y. Yellow, with three brown bands, 

 and the uppermost very narrow ; Z. Yellow, with three brown 

 bands, and the lower one very broad ; AA . Yellow, with three 

 brown bands, of which the two lower are equal and the up- 

 permost very narrow ; B B. Yellow, with four brown bands ; 



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