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or yellowish red somewhat undulated stripes ; it has twelve 

 slightly convex whirls, which are minutely striated trans- 

 versely ; the aperture is ovale, and its breadth is only half 

 the length. 



ASPEKA. 142. Shell ovaie-oblong:, greyish, with 

 transverse miiricated striae, and longitudinal 

 red stripes ; pillar-lip brown. 



Helix aspera. Gmelin, p. SQbQ. 



Helix scabra. Chemnitz, ix. part 2. p. 188. 1. 136. f. 1259 

 and 1260. 



Helix lugubris. Gmelin, p. S665. 



HeHx, No. 243. Schroeter Einl. ii. p. 246. 



Buccinum scabrum. MiiUer Verm. ii. p. 136. Schroeta^ 

 Fluss. p. 299. t. 6. f. 13. 



Buliraus scaber. Bfuiguiere Enc. Meth. p. 350. 

 Inhabits marshes near the sea-side in Coromandel. MuUer. 

 Shell from five and a half to eight and a half lines long, and 



from two to three and a half lines broad, of a pale greyish 



brown or dirty white colour, with longitudinal red stripes ; 



it has seven or eight transversely striated whirls, and each 



armed with about twelve teeth ; aperture ovate, with the 



outer lip acute, and the pillar brown and glossy ; throat 



pale, with red stripes and pellucid dots. 



VIBEX. 143. Shell turreted, greyish, transversely 

 striated, with the whirls nodulous and striped 

 with red ; pillar-lip white. 



Helix, No. 79. Schroeter Eiiil ii. p. 199- 



Nerita tuberculata. Muller Verm. ii. p. 191- 



Strombus Vibex. Gmelin, p. 3522. 



Bulimus tuberculatus. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 330. 



Martini Berl.Mag.ix. t. 10. f.5l. 



Inhabits marshes near the sea-side in Coromandel. Muller. 



Shell varying from four to fourteen lines in length, and from 

 one and a quarter to four lines in breadth, and is very nearly 

 allied to H. aspera ; from the descriptions, the most obvious 

 mark of distinction appears to be in the pillar-lip, which is 

 brown iu one and white in the other species. 



CRENATA. 144. Shell turreted, white, obsoletely 

 striated transversely, with a crenated belt at 

 the upper extremity of the whirls. 

 Helix crenata. Gmelin^ p. SQ55. 



