b. shape. 
c. colour 
and 
markings. 
a ao ean ————— eS SEES eS — 
HELICID. 
Var. I. mdzor ( Jeff.). Breadth 125 mm. 
Var. II. gigdéxii (Charp.). Smaller, more 
depressed. 
Var. III. sdébscaléris (Jeff:). Spire raised, 
whorls more tumid. 
Var. 1V.. wrndta (fic.). Smaller, wat 
one broad dark band above, normal 
below. 
Var. V. Jbizondlis (Mog.). With two 
bands above. 
Var. VI. utéscens (Pasc.). Unicolorous 
sand colour. 
Var. VII. fiélva (Mogq.). Dark brown, 
sometimes slightly marked with white. 
Var. VIII. odliterdta (Fic.). White with 
translucent markings. 
Var. IX. dilba (Pic.). White without 
markings. 
2ae He VIRGATSA (si7iped), Da Costa, ee Ae ane 
Conical, globose, solid, almost opaque, cream-coloured, very 
variously banded (typical form having one band above and several 
below the periphery) ; z4ov/s 6, tumid; sfzve raised ; south nearly 
circular, furnished with an internal lip of a pinkish colour 3 zedzZicus 
narrow, but deep. 
A. Iomm. B. 134 mm. 
This very variable shell is found on downs and sand 
hills, and also in hedge banks, especially near the sea coast. 
It is exceedingly abundant where it occurs, and as it 
