HELIX. 83 
The var. ¢enuzs corresponds with var. fusca of arbus- 
torum, the transparency being caused by the failure of 
lime in the shell. 
In the south of France and in Italy it is collected in 
great quantities for food and may be seen exposed for sale 
in the markets. In Venice, on the Lido, I have seen this 
Species in countless thousands adhering to nettles and 
other plants, apparently enjoying the noonday sun. 
a. size. Var. I. minor (Bourg.). Smaller. A. 9mm. 
B. 13mm. 
b. texture. Var. II. ¢énuts (Tay/or). Translucent horn 
colour. 
Var. III. “neoléta (Mogq.). Whitish, with 
several fine brown lines. 
Fa an. 1 eel vaa hog. hy WRU! “oi pale 
and 
yellow. 
markings. Var. V. alba (Shuttl.) White, usually with 
translucent markings. 
Eon: M. I. scalériforme (Afi/nes). Whorls dis- 
oe united. 
strosities 
M. II. s¢tnestrorsum (Taylor). Reversed. 
22. H. iraLa (/takan), Lisaed. Pl. Il, £ 14. 
(=H. ERICETORUM (inhabiting heaths), Muller). 
Almost circular, very depressed, thin, opaque, glossy cream colour, 
with one dark band above and several beneath ; sfz7e slightly raised ; 
whorls 6, cylindrical ; mouth nearly circular ; umdzlicus very large 
and open. A. 7mm. B. 18mm. 
