58 THEBA CANTIANA. 
Sub-var. galloprovincialis is recorded from Bouches-du-Rhéne, Herault, Var, 
Languedoc, and from Bastia and Bonifacio in Corsica by Moquin-Tandon. 
Sub-var. ancone is recorded by Caziot from Vaucluse and the Alpes Maritimes; 
by Bérenguier from the Var; and by Westerlund from the Island of Elba. 
Italy—Var. cemenelea is recorded from Liguria at Cimiez, near Nice, by Risso 
and von Martens ; from Avezzano and Carsoli, Abruzzi, and from the Republic of 
San Marino by Paulucci; by Lessona from numerous localities in Piedmont; by 
Picaglia from Bologna, Modena, ete., in Emilia; by Statuti from Terracina and 
Frosinone in Romano; from the Apuan Alps, Mount Argentaro, and the islands, 
Tuseany, by Paulucci. 
Sub-var. galloprovincialis is recorded from Nervi near Genoa, Liguria; and also 
from Tivoli near Rome, July 1888 ! by E. von Martens; from the Valley of the Po, 
at Turin and elsewhere, Piedmont; the shores of Lake Maggiore, ete., Lombardy ; 
and the province of Emilia, by Strobel. 
Sub-var. ancone is recorded from Central Italy; and on the authority of Issel, 
Villa, and others, from the Island of Sardinia by Paulueci; by Pollonera from Pied- 
mont; by Stefani and others from Bologna, Modena, ete., in Emilia; Mount Verna 
and other places in Tuscany ; and by Westerlund from Liguria. 
The Helix ancone var. marchetti Stefani (Bull. Soe. Mal. Ital., 1883), and the 
Helix ancone var. simplicita Parreyss are apparently insignificant varieties, which- 
are recorded from Mid-Italy and Italy respectively by Dr. Westerlund. 
Austro-Hungary—Recorded from the Trentino, Tyrol. 
VARIATIONS OF SUBSTANCE AND PERIOSTRACUM OF SHELL. 
Var. tenuis ‘l'aylor, var. nov. ; 
SHELL extremely thin, delicate, and semitransparent ; average weight of the 
type specimens from Kirkby Wiske being 1°86 grains. 
This variety is the probable antithesis of the var. solidula of Westerlund, but of 
which the description is not available. 
ENGLAND. 
Lincoln N.—Very common in one spot at Scunthorpe on blown sand, and the 
Frodingham iron beds, Aug. 1900, Rev. E. A. Woodruffe- Peacock. 
York N.W.—Found at Kirkby Wiske in the Vale of Mowbray, July 31, 1917! 
by Mr. W. D. Roebuck, the specimens in coloring are the sub-var. rubescens Moq. 
Var. gaudefroyi Mabille, Guide de Natural, 1880. 
Helix cemenelea var. gaudefroyt Westerlund, Faune Palzarct., 1889, p. 80. 
SHELL depressed, whorls convexly rounded, whitish-horny in colour, beset with 
fine but deciduous seale-like hairs, periphery indistinctly angulate, and umbilicus 
almost hidden by the reflected lip. 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Corsica—St. Florent (Westerlund, 1.c.). 
- = = VARIATIONS IN SIZE OF SHELL. 
Var. major ‘T'aylor, var. nov. 
Helix cantianiformis (Bourg.) Ancey, Bull. Soc. Mal. France, 1884. 
SHELL larger, not less than 20 mill. diam. 
_ The sub-var. eantianiformis is described as 20 mill. in diameter and 123 mill. 
in altitude. Typically it is rosy-red or violet at the aperture, and brownish basally, 
and the body-whorl peripherally expanded. 
_ This variety was recorded without name or localities by Mr. Sherriff Tye in 1878 
in the Midland Naturalist. 
ENGLAND. 
Kent E.—Sub-var. cantianiformis, Folkestone (West., Moll. Palzarct, 1889, p. 78). 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Germany—Sub-var. cantianiforniis, Ellenserdamm, Oldenburg (Westerlund, l.c.). 
Belgium—Specimiens of large size recorded from Blankenberghe, West Flanders, 
by M. le Hon. 
France—Var. major, 22 mill. in diameter, recorded by Gourdon, from Brame- 
vaque, Hautes Pyrénées. 
Sub-var. cantianifornis, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais (Westerlund, l.c.). 
Italy—Specimens 21 mill. in diameter recorded from Vagli, Tambura and Pania, 
Tuscany, by Stefani; and from Spoleto, Umbria, by Pantanelli. 
