3 54 <S'/?d'// Life 



along the bottom framing of park palings it as closely 

 resembles the heads of the iron bolts with which the 

 framing is put together. 



We have now a little group of snails that may well 

 be considered together, as they agree in the fact that 

 the epidermis is covered with spreading hairs. The 

 first of these is the Bristly Snail {H. liispida), 

 which measures about one-third of an inch across 

 the low - spired shell. This is thin and semi-trans- 

 parent, yellowish brown, and thickly covered with 

 short, recurved white hairs, wliich are not easily 

 rubbed off. Sometimes the mouth is furnished with 

 an internal wdiite rib. Umbilicus of moderate width, 

 but deep. This species is common everywhere under 

 stones, logs, and among moss. A variety (concinna) 

 of this species has been regarded by some writers as 

 a distinct species. It differs from the type in being 

 slightly larger, the upper surface of the whorls are 

 less rounded, the colour light ash - grey occasionally 

 streaked with reddish brown, frequently with a white 

 band on the body-whorl, where there is a suspicion of 

 a blimt keel. The hairs are more scattered, and easily 

 detached. Umbilicus rather broad. It is found at 

 the roots of grass in moist places, and under stones 

 and nettles. It approaches in several of these re- 

 spects to its larger relative, the Kuddy Snail 

 (H. riifesceihs), which has a nearly opaque shell half 

 an inch broad, of an ash-grey colour suffused with 

 red, and the whorls closely wrinkled. It is bluntly 

 keeled, and there is often a white spiral line on the 

 body-whorl. The umbilicus is fairly large, and deep. 

 Although not well known to others than conchologists, 

 owing to its nocturnal habits, it is very plentiful 



