HELIX. 945 



LACTEA. 129. Shell imperforate, depressed, grey 

 with white scattered dots ; aperture blackish, 

 and the outer lip reflected and one-toothed. 



Helix lactea. Midler Verm. ii. p. 19- Chemnitz, ix. part 



2. p. 127. t. 130. f. 116 1. Gmelin, p. 3629. 

 leister Conch, t. 95. f. 96. 



Variety. With the tooth on the lip obsolete. 



Lister Conch, t. 51. f. 49- Petiver Gaz. t. 153. f. 8. 



Inhabits Jamaica. Lister. Portugal. Chemnitz. 



Shell from ten lines to an inch and a half in diameter, with five 

 '.vhirls, and Muller says it resembles H. nemoralis, but is 

 always covered with minute greyish white confluent dots ; the 

 aperture, and both the lips are of a shining blackish or red- 

 dish brown colour, and the outer lip has generally a solitary 

 tooth on its inner margin. Muller has described the follow- 

 ing varieties: A. Grey, without spots; B. Greyish yellow, 

 with a white band in the middle ; C. White, with four brown 

 bands ; D. White, with three obsolete red bands. 



PiCTA. 130. Shell imperforate, sub-globular, gla- 

 brous, obtuse, with the body- whirl ventri- 

 cose, and a coloured stripe on the margin ; 

 aperture lunated, and the outer lip reflected. 



Helix picta. Born Mm. p. 386. t. 15. f. 17 and 18. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3650. 

 Helix, No. 102. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 206. 

 Cortex Mali Citrei. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 128. t. 130. 



f. 1162 to 1165. 

 Bonanni Rec. and Kirch. 3. f. 5. .? Rumphius, t. 22. f. No. 

 1. Petiver Amb. t. 11. f. 19. Knorr, i. t. 10. f. 2. 



Inhabits the shores of Italy. Bonanni '^ Amboyna. Rumphius. 

 China, and is a land shell. Chemnitz. West Indies. Htim- 

 phreys. 



Shell about eight lines long, and an inch broad, with four con- 

 vex whirls, of which the body-whirl is ventricose, and the 

 spire depressed ; it varies in colour as follows : A. Grey, with 

 a brown stripe at the suture ; B. Rose-coloured, with the 

 stripe at the suture and the dorsal line brown ; C. Sulphur- 

 coloured, with the stripe at the suture and the dorsal stripe 

 red ; D. Flesh-coloured, with the stripe at the suture and the 

 dorsal line dark purple. These stripes are sometimes edged 

 with white, and the pillar is generally of the same colour as 

 the stripes. 



