46 Our British Snails 



some at rest on thistles. Local, but very 

 abundant where" found. Whitish shell with dark 

 bands, but a yellowish and a white variety 

 usually is found with the type. The most 

 beautiful variety, radiata, is chiefly found in 

 Romney Marsh, and from Hythe to Rye. 



H. [Turricola) terrestris. — A Mediterranean 

 species, well established since 1890, in one spot 

 near Dover. A pyramidal shell, greyish, with 

 one dark band on each whorl. 



H, (Cochlicella) harhara (i.e. foreign). — Long, 

 conical, whitish, with one dark band. By the 

 sea-coast. In shape somewhat like a Buliminus. 



We come now to the Pupa family and its genus 

 Buliminus and its sub-genus Ena. It is repre- 

 sented by : — 



Ena Montana. — A local and southern shell, 

 conical, slightly glossy, brown. Lip white and 

 deflected. Commonly found on the holes of 

 smooth-barked trees, and it closely resembles 

 the small knobs on beech trunks. 



Ena obscura. — Like the former, but much 

 smaller, and found nearly everywhere in England 

 and Wales. Found in hedgebanks, or on beech 

 trunks. Its specific name is derived from its 

 habit of covering itself with a coating of earth, 

 and so becoming inconspicuous. 



The plate on p. 47, gives figures of some of our 

 smaller shells, enlarged in most cases so that their 

 distinguishing marks can be seen. The upright 



