30 HYGROMIA HISPIDA. 
Norway—Noted by Miss Esmark from the neighbourhood of Christiania. 
Sweden—Var. minor recorded by Dr. Westerlund. Sub-var. tardigyra from 
Othem, Gothland, and Lund in Skane. 
Algeria—M. Bourguignat records his var. minor as rave near Mostaghanem, but 
his range of size includes the typical form. 
VARIATION IN COLOUR OF SHELL. 
Var albida Jeffreys. 
Helix hispida var. pallida Picard, Moll. Somme, 1840, p. 228. 
Helix concinna var. albida Jeffreys, Brit. Conch., 1862, p. 198. 
Helix hispida var. albida Jeffreys, op. cit., p. 199. 
Helix hispida var. albina Westerlund, Moll. Suede et Norvége, 1871, p. 52. 
Helix hispida var. nebulata Westerlund, Prodr. Moll. Eur., 1878, p. 49. 
Trichia hispida var. albina Esmark, Journ. of Conch., 1886, v., p. 126. 
SHELL white. 
The var. albina Westerlund is described as hyaline and densely hispid. 
The sub-var. nebulata is, according to Herr Clessin, a small depressed whitish 
form, linking the var. a/bida with the type. 
The H. villiersii de Malzine is regarded by Van den Broeck as the albine form. 
The Helix hispida var. albida s.s. of Jeffreys and the H. hispida var. pallida of 
Picard, Westerlund and Steenberg, include both white and pale horny shells, and 
are therefore only partially referable to this form. 
BRITISH ISLES. 
This form is widely dispersed throughout the geographical range of the species, 
and though usually occurring sporadically, is yet frequently found in colonies 
almost exclusively consisting of the variety. 
Occasionally shells are found which are only partially albine, the earlier growth 
being usually normal and the later growth becoming suddenly albine. 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Germany—Found in Georgenthal, Thuringia, by Mr. F. H. Sikes; in Saxony 
by Schmidt ; in Baden by Gysser; and at Rodding, Schleswig, by Mr. H. Schlesch. 
The sub-var. nebulata is recorded from North Germany by Dr. Westerlund. 
Belgium—The sub-var. nebulata recorded by Dr. Westerlund. 
France—Recorded from around Paris by M. Pascal; the sub-var. pallida from 
the Somme by M. Picard ; and sub-var. nebulata from France by Dr. Westerlund. 
Switzerland—Found at Lucerne by Mr. Hugh Watson. 
Norway—Miss Esmark records the var. a/bina from Krokkleven and Ringerige, 
near Christiania. 
Sweden—The sub-var. albina is recorded from near Christianstad, from Skane, 
and the Island of Oland; and the sub-var. nebulata from Kinnekulle by Westerlund. 
Denmark—Recorded for the Isle of Bornholm by Mr. H. Schlesch; and the sub- 
var. nebulata by Dr. Westerlund from the same island. 
Var. rosea Broeck. 
Helix depilata var. rosea Broeck, Proc. Soc. Mal. Belg., 1872, vol. vii., p. Ixiii. 
Helix vendeana Letourneaux, Moll. Vendée, 1869, pp. 17, 18. 
SHELL of a rosy-brown colour. 
This variety in the original locality is also stated to be strongly pubescent ; the 
shell to be more elevated and fragile and the mouth rounder with a stronger white 
basal rib than in the type, and hardly showing a trace of the pale peripheral zone. 
The Helix vendeana Letourneaux would appear to be perhaps most suitably 
placed with this variety, chiefly on account of the vinous tint of its shell, though 
also agreeing in its pubescent surface and rounded whorls. It is stated to be inter- 
mediate between H. hispida and H. concinna, and to be moderately abundant in 
the Bois-Plat near Fontenay, Vendée, France. 
England—Mr. Tom Petch collected the dark red form at Lynn, Norfolk. 
Ireland—The same variety is recorded by Messrs. Welch and Stelfox as common 
on grassy ledges under the cliffs at the caves, Gleniff, and a few at Glencar, Sligo; 
a similar form was found by Mr. W. F. de Vismes Kane at Glen Druid, near 
Carrickmines, Dublin. 
Belgium—Var. rosea Hastiere, Namur, May 1872 (Broeck, l.c.). 
