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Var. concolor Dumont & Mortillet. 
Helix ericetorum var. concolor Picard p.p., Moll. Somme, 1840, p. 238. 
Helix ericetorum var. concolor Dum. & Mort., Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 59. 
Helix ericetorum var. bicolor Pascal, p p., Moll. Haute Loire, etc., 1873. p. 41. 
Helix ericetorum var. albescens Germain, Moll. Maine et Loire, 1903, pp. 121, 122. 
Helix ericetorum var. alba Jeffreys, British Conch., 1862, p. 217. 
Helix ericetorum var. bicolor Pascal, p.p. Moll. Haute Loire, etc., 1873, p. 41. 
Helix lampra Westerlund, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wein, 1891, vol. xiii, p. 25. 
The var. eoneolor Dum. & Mort. is whitish ; the sub- 
var. concolor Picard p.p. is reddish-white, and links up with 
Pascal’s sub-var. bicolor. 
The var. albeseens Germain is described as shell uni- 
formly whitish or whitish-grey ; the sub-var. alba Jeffreys Breton ae 
is described as milk-white. Nea re ala eae 
l concolor Dum. & Mort. 
The sub-var. bicolor Pascal p.p., is described as without 
bands or spots, white aud fulvous, the latter becoming stronger towards the aperture. 
The var. concolor is probably also the Helix obliterata of Hartmann, and is not 
uncommon throughout the range of the species. 
BRITISH DISTRIBUTION. 
Somerset N.—Snb-var. bicolor, Compton-Martin ! W. E. Brady. 
Kent—Sub-var. bicolor Paseal was found by Mr. R. Cairns in this county. 
Sussex E.—Sub-var. bicolor Pascal p.p. is recorded from near Lewes and Sea- 
ford by Mr, J. H. A. Jenner. 
West Galway—Sub-var. /ampra, Aran Isles! The specimens in my collection, 
received direct from Dr. Scharff, are referable to the var. albescens of X. itala. 
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION. 
France—Sub-var. bicolor is 1ecorded by M. Pascal from Bois de la Bernarde, 
Haute Loire, and from the Bois de Vincennes, Champigny, Choisy-le-Roi, Auber- 
villiers, Mont Valerian, ete., in the Seine et Oise. 
Sub-var. albescens Germain is recorded from Angers, Maine et Loire. 
Var. lutescens Moquin-'l'andon. 
Helix ericetorum var. lutescens Moq.-Tand., Hist. Moll. France, 1855, vol. ii, p. 253. 
Helix ericetorum var. lutescens Baudon, Moll. Oise, 1862, p. 25. 
Helix ericetorum var. lutescens Vaniot, Mem. Soc. Linn. Nord., 1883, p. 13. 
Helix ericetorum var. lutescens Wattebled, Journ. de Conch., 1889, p. 325. 
The var. luteseens Moqnin-Tandon is described as uniformly dusky yellowish ; 
the sub-var. dutescens Baudon (1862) is of an uniform dull yellow; the sub-var. 
lutescens Vaniot is yellowish without bands; the sub-var. dutescens Wattebled is 
uniform yellowish-white. 
The var. lutescens Bandon (1884) is described as rufous-white, and is not strictly 
referable to the variety previously described by the author under the same name. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 
This variety is a fairly common form in this country wherever the species exists. 
It is also reported from France and Belgium. 
Var. rubra Baudon. 
Helix ericetorum var. rubra Baudon, Moll. Oise, 1862, p. 25. & 
Helix ericetorum var. ebscura Mog.-Tand., Hist. Moll. France, 1855, vol. ii, p. 253. 
The var. rubra Baudon is of an uniformly dark red-brown colour. 
The sub-var. obscura Mog. would probably be best placed under this form. 
It is described as dark reddish, with brown banding, and large brown markings. 
This variety has not been observed as yet in England, but Mr. Stelfox has found 
a variety with a distinct reddish-purple tinge at Dogs’ Bay, Connemara, Galway. 
SCOTTISH DISTRIBUTION. 
Ebudes S.—A sub-var. of an almost uniform medium brownish colour, found by 
Mr. A. Somerville in the west of the Island of Mull, in August, 1894. 
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION. 
France —Var. rubra, rare on the limestone hill of St. Laurent, Mouy, Oise 
(Baudon, !.c.), and recorded from Lente in the Dréme by M. Gustav Sayn. 
Sub-var. obscura is cited from La Bresse and Belley in the Ain, and the environs 
of Lyons by Locard ; also from Grasse, Alpes Maritimes, by Moquin-Tandon, 
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