HELIX. 115 



Neil, Esq., and placed in his curious and most inter- 

 esting garden at Cannon Mills ; but we believe they 

 have not prospered, and are gradually disappearing." 

 {Johnston, Mag. N. Hist. 47.) 



C. Shell suhglobose, banded ; peristome rather thick- 

 ened ; axis perforated; epipliragm membrana- 

 ceous. (Arianta Leach.^ 



39. 6. Helix arbustorum. Shrub Snail. — Shell 

 somewhat globular, rather solid, brown or yel- 

 lowish, marbled and marked with a single band ; 

 mouth roundish lunate ; peristome reflexed, 

 white, (t. 3. f. 25.) 



Helix arbustorum. Linn. Syst. Nat. \. 1245.; Montagu, p. 413. ; 

 Drap. p. 38. t. 5. f. 18. ; Brard, p. 65. t. 2. f. 12. ; Pfeiffer, 

 t. 2. f. 7, 8.— Forbes and Hanley, B.M. iv. 48. t. 115. f. 5, 6. 

 — Helix gotliica. Linn. S.N. ed. 10. 770. — Helix Xatartii. 

 Farin. Ann. Sac. Nat. ii. 1834, 122. — Helix Wittmanni. Za- 

 wadzky in Rossm. Icon. v. f. 279. d. — Arianta arbustorum. 

 Leach, Mull. Syn. 63.; Beck, Ind. 41. — Cochlea unifasciata. 

 Da Costa., p. 75. t. 17. f. 6. — Helix alpestris. Ziegler in Ross. 

 Icon. V. f. 279. b. — Helix turgidula. Wood, Index Supp. t. 7. 

 f. 6. — Helix picea. Ziegl. — Helix canigonensis. Bouhee. — 



Inhab. moist woods and river sides, in wet shady 

 places among willows. 



Animal granular, greenish black ; hinder part of 

 the foot and beneath, grey ; tentacles shortish. 

 {Sturm, t. 23.; Rossm. t. 5. f. 7, 8.) Jaw strong, 

 costated, and toothed on the edge. 



Shell about three quarters of an inch high, and as 

 much in diameter, but variable in size and propor- 

 tion, striate, mostly brown marbled with small yel- 

 lowish spots, or greenish-yellow with whitish spots, 

 with a single blackish band, which winds round the 



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