56 HELICID&A. 
recorded for Arran and Sutherland in Scotland and Isle 
of Man. It is gregarious. 
Var. I. viridescénti-alba (Jeff). Greenish white. 
Var. II. trochdides (Kregi.). Spire more elevated, 
umbilicus narrower. 
Sub-genus.—PUNCTUM Morse. 
Bo ede PYGMAA (minute) Draparnaud. PI. IV., f. 2. 
Circular, depressed, thin, semi-transparent, glossy, yellowish horn- 
colour ; striated finely and regularly in the line of growth ; whorls 4; 
cylindrical ; sfzve more or less raised ; wmébzlicus large. A. }mm. 
B. 14 mm. 
This is the smallest of the Hedices. It frequents moist 
situations in woods and under hedges among dead 
leaves. It has a wide range throughout Great Britain 
and Ireland, and is often plentiful. A good plan that 
saves much time is to take a quantity of dead leaves 
home, and after drying them to examine the siftings. 
H.. pygmea is a very pleasing object under a powerful 
lens—the close-set, well-marked striz appearing as a 
surprise to the observer. 
Sub-genus.—ACANTHINULA Beck. 
4. H. LAMELLATA (Aaving plates) Jeffreys. Pl. II., f. 16. 
Globosely conic, semi-transparent, horn-colour ; epzdermis raised 
into ridges in the line of growth ; whorls 6, turreted ; sfzve blunt ; 
umbilicus distinct. A. 2mm. B. 2mm. 
This little shell, which inhabits the north of Great 
Britain, as far south as Stafford, many parts of Ireland 
and Anglesea, frequents dead leaves, especially those of 
