HELIX.— Plate XCIY. 



front ; columella obliijuc, slightly arched, white ; 



ajierture Imiar-oval ; lip sharp, expanded, shortly 



rettected, margins approxiuiatiiig, coliuucUar margin 



dilated. 

 MuLLEB, Verm. Hist. terr. et fluv. vol. ii. p. 59. 



Helix gruta, Linnajus. 



Helix varieijata, Gmelin. 



Helix Jiorleitiis, Pennant. 

 Hab. Britain, Southern Europe, the Azores, &c. 



The common snail of our gardens, distributed over the 

 wliole of Southern Europe, and into some of the islands 

 and countries beyond, is characterized by a pecidiar finely 

 wrinkled indented surface, encircled with llame-mark 

 bauds. 



Species 514. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Baspaillii. Eel. testa obtecte perforata, orbicu- 

 lato-depremt, fusco-luted, ntfo-trizond, striata, solidi- 

 usculd ; anfradibus quatmr ad quinque, planulalis, 

 ultimo aniice subdeflexo ; aperticrd perobliqua, lunato- 

 ovali ; peristomate fasco, margine supero expanso, 

 basali r^xo, columellari valdi dilatato. 



Raspailli's Helix. Shell with a covered umbilicus, 

 orbicularly depressed, brownish-yellow, encircled with 

 three red bands, striated, ratlier solid ; whorls four 

 to five, rather flat, the last slightly deflected in front ; 

 aperture very obliciuc, lunar-oval ; lip brown, upper 

 margin expanded, basal reflected, columellar much 

 dilated. 



Payraudeau, Cat. Moll, de Corse, p. 102. pi. 5. f. 7, 8. 

 Hab. Corsica. 



Of a more depressly orbicular solid structure than the 

 general European form of Helix. 



Species 515. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix ligata. Hel. testa imperforatd, turbinato-globosa, 

 striata, Uneis tpiralibus interdum obsoleti decussatd, 

 fusco-albidd, fasriix angustis, subrfqiialiltus, interdum 

 conjluenlibits, spadieeis omatd ; spird eltrafd ; anfrac- 

 tibus qualuor, convexiusculis, ultimo injtato, vix de- 

 scendeiite ; columella obliqud, utrictimculd, earned ; 

 aperturd lunatu-rotundatd ; peristomate breviter ex- 

 panso, margine columellari dilatato, diffttso-calloso. 



The bound Helix. Shell imperforated, turbinately 

 globose, striated, sometimes obsoletely decussated 

 with spiral lines, brownish-white, ornamented with 

 five narrow nearly equal fawn bands, sometimes flow- 

 ing together ; spire raised ; whorls four, rather con- 

 vex, the last inflated, scarcely descending ; columella 

 oblique, rather drawn out, flesh-tinged ; aperture 

 lunar-rounded ; Up shortly expanded, columellar 

 margin dilated, difl'usely callous. 



McLLEB, Verm. Hist. terr. ct fluv. vol. ii. p. 58. 

 Helix cincta, Kuster. 

 Helix albescens, Jan. 



Hab. Italy, SicDy, Turkey, &c. 



A large inflated species, with the bands somewhat in- 

 terrupted. 



