CLASSES, ORDERS, ETC. 8 1 



umbilicus small, very deep, distinct. Height ^%ths inch. Among 

 holly leaves in woods and groves. Local. H. lantcllata. 



(b) Shell conical, turreted, globose, brownish horn- colour ; 

 epidermis raised into numerous plaits, which, in the middle of each 

 whorl, become produced into points ; whorls four to four and a- 

 half ; aperture nearly crescent-shaped ; umbilicus small. Height 

 4\ths inch. Among moss and dead leaves in woods and hedge- 

 rows. Moderately common. H. aciileata.^^ 



{c) Shell very large, globose, coarsely striated, strong, whitish- 

 yellow banded with brown ; whorls four to five, the body-whorl 

 very large ; spire short, blunt ; mouth roundish ; inner lip reflected ; 

 umbilicus narrow. Height i |^|ths inch. Woods and hedgerows 

 in chalky districts. Local. If. poinatiaP' 



{d) Shell conoid, globose, wrinkled, yellowish-brown with 

 interrupted dark bands, solid ; whorls four to five and a-half. 



convex, the body-whorl being very large in proportion ; spire short, 

 blunt ; aperture oval ; umbilicus none. Height i T/^ths inch. 

 Gardens, fields, hedgerows. Very common. H. aspersaF- 



ie) Shell subglobose, glossy, banded or unicolor ; whorls five 

 to five and a-half, convex ; spire short, blunt at apex ; mouth 



'"' V. albida, whitish. 



"' V. albida, whitish, unicolor. 



"- V. exalbida, yellowish or whitish, unicolor ; v. grisca, tawny or greyish, 

 with extremely pale bands ; v, flavimea, reddish with longitudinal flame-shaped 

 markings ; v, teimior, smaller, very thin, transparent, reddish, unicolor ; v. 

 albofasciata, reddish-brown, with a single white band ; v. globosa, larger, nearly 

 globular ; v. minor, shell smaller ; v, conoidca, thinner, smaller, conical, mouth 

 small. 



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