HELIX.— Plate XCV 



Intermediate in its general aspect lietween H.pomalia 

 mApjidiiia, but of more solid growth than either. 



Species 521. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Hei.ix mel.\NOSTOMA. Uel. testa oblede itmbilicala, 

 ijlohoHu., venlrosd, cinereo-cariied, subfasciatd, plkato- 

 atriatd ; anfraclibm qiiatuor, coiwexis, ultimo injlato, 

 aiitice dejlexo ; colmnelld obliijiid, drictiunculd ; aper- 

 tiird ampld, lunalo-rotundald, intus earned, nitidd ; 

 fauce niffricanle-castaned ; peristomate intm nigrica7ite- 

 castaneo, redo, sitbincrassato, niargine dextro rotuiulato, 

 columellari dilalalo, diffitso, basa/i mbrrjlexo. 

 The black-mouth Helix. Shell with u covered um- 

 bilicus, globose, ventricosc, ashy llesh-colour, ob- 

 scurely banded, plicately striated ; wliorls four, con- 

 vex, the last inflated, deflected in front ; columella 

 oblique, rather drawn out; aperture large, lunar- 

 rounded, flesh-tinted and shining within; body- 

 whorl blackish-chestnut; lip blackish-chestnut within, 

 straight, thickened, right margin rounded, columellar 

 margin dilated, ditt'used, a little reflected at the base. 

 Drapaknaud, Hist. Moll. p. 91. pi. 5. f. 25. 

 Hah. Southern Europe. Nubia ; Ehrenberg. 



A light, globosely inflated, flesh-tinged or greyish 

 species, distinguished by a layer of dark blackish-chestnut 

 colouring on the body-whorl and within the Up. It is 

 probably only a variety of the Linna;an //. grisea. 



Species 522. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix pomatia. Hel. testa semiobttcti utnbilieald, glo- 

 boid, rugom-itriatd, liiieia confertu concentricu viagi* 

 viiniiuve deciissatd, riifeicente eel Jlavetcentr, fatciu 

 fuxch obnoletia notatd ; aiifraclibta qiiinque, coiicexiut- 

 cutis, ultimo magna, subcompreiso ; columella arcuald; 

 aperiurd ampld, lunalo-otali, iutim nitidd ; peristomate 

 patulo, subincrassato, margine cnlumrllori dilnMo, re- 

 jl4^o, cameo velfiisceaceiite. 



The apple Helix. Shell with a half-covered umbilieu?. 

 globose, rugosely striated, decussated with close-set 

 lines, which are more or less concentric, reddish or 

 yellowish, marked with obsolete brown bands ; whorl:= 

 five, rather convex, the last large, somewhat com- 

 pressed ; columella arched ; aperture large, lunnr- 

 oval, shining within ; lip patulate, rather thickened, 

 columellar margin dilated, reflected, flesh-tinged or 

 brownish. 



LiNS.EUS, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 12+4. 

 Pumaria antiquorum. Leach. 

 Varietates. 



Helix pomaria and scataris, Miiller. 



Hab. Europe and the British Isles. 



In this well-known species there is little variation in 

 form, colour, or marking, notwithstanding its wide area of 

 distribution. 



