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CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Belgium —Sub-var. obscurata, St. Gilles near Brussels, E. van den Broeck. 
France—The var. fasciata and sub-var. albescens are based upon specimens from 
the Somme. 
The sub-var. zonata in its widest sense has been recorded by Moquin-Tandon 
from Toulouse, Haute Garonne; by M. Pascal from the environs of Paris; by de 
VP Hopital from Calvados ; by Dubrueil from Hérault ; by Clement at Nimes, Gard; 
Mr. Darbishire has found it at Nice, Alpes Maritimes ; Mr. F. H. Sikes at Granville, 
Manche; and Locard records it as a common variety in the Ain, but not common 
about Lyons. 
The sub-vars. brunnea and virescens Bandon are listed for the Oise; and the 
sub-var. puncticulata is stated to be rare in St. Laurent’s Quarries in the same 
department. 
The sub-var. albofasciata found at Granville, Manche, by Mr. F. H. Sikes. 
The sub-var. obscurata was found by Mr. 8. C. Cockerell rather conmonly at 
Veules-en-Caux, Seine Inférienre ; and recorded by Dubrueil for the Hérault ; by 
Moguin-Tandon for Toulouse, Haute Garonne; and by Locard as common in the 
Ain and uncommon about Lyons. 
Italy —Dr. Pantanelli records sub-var. obscurata from Spoleto, Umbria; and 
Marchesa Paulueci the sub-var. zonata from S. Pietro di Pula, Sardinia. 
Asia Minor—Sub-var. zonata, recorded by Retowski for Sinope in Kastumuni, 
and with two and three bands only at Adalia, Karaman, by Clessin. 
Algeria —Sub-var. obscurata is quoted by Bourguignat as occurring sporadically. 
VARIATION WITH SPIRAL AND TRANSVERSE MARKINGS. 
Var. clathrata 'l'aylor, var. nov. 
SHELL with the dark ground colour broken up into somewhat regular though 
oblique quadrilateral blocks by broad and pale spiral and transverse lines. 
This variety is fairly well represented in Reeve’s British Mollusks, p. 59. 
: ENGLAND AND WALES. 
York S.E.—Bridlington, July 1892 ! H. E. Craven. 
Anglesey—Marianglas, May 1905 ! C. Oldham. 
Banff Banff! Thos. Edwards. 
SCOTLAND. 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
France —Granville, Manche, Sept. 1907 ! F. H. Sikes. 
VARIATIONS IN TRANSVERSE MARKINGS OF THE SHELL. 
Var. flammea Picard, Moll. Somme, 1840, p. 181. 
Helix astersa var. undulata Moquin-Tandon, Hist. Moll. France, 1853, p. 175. 
Helix aspersa var. concolor-pallida Shuttl., Moll. Corse, 1843, p. 17, t. Moq. 
Helix aspersa var, marmorata Moquin-Tandon, op. cit. 
This variety embraces those forms in which the darker spiral banding has 
become obliterated by the diffusion of their pigment and in which there is a tendency 
of the pale flammular markings to coalesce and form transverse bands, alternating 
with darker areas. 
The var. flammea, s.s., is described as destitute of spiral banding, but with 
paler flammules and transverse bands (Monog., vol i., pl. 1, f. 3). 
The sub-var. undulata is described as smaller, very thin and transparent; of a 
rufous colour, with sharply-marked brown and whitish longitudinal undulations. 
The sub-var. marmorata is of a fawn or greyish colour with brown marblings. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Channel Isles—The var. flaammea has been found in Jersey by Mr. F. H. Sikes. 
Sub-var. widulata, Longueville ! W. Cash, and St. Helier’s, Rev. Dr. MeMurtrie. 
Cornwall W.—Var. flammea, Truro! J. H. James. — Porthleven, Rev. J. W. 
Horsley. Sub-var. widulata, Newlyn, Penzance, Aug. 1885 ! Rev. Dr. MeMurtrie. 
Newquay, uncommon ! J. H. James. Porthleven, Rev. J. W. Horsley. 
Devon S.—Sub-var. undulata, Torquay, 1884, B. M. Oakeshott. Teignmouth, 
L. St. G. Byne. Topsham, Auy. 1892, L. E. Adams. 
Devon N.—Sub-var. widulata, Northam, 1885! W. A. Gain. Lynton, Aug. 
1892, L. E. Adams Barnstaple, Aug. 1893 (Beeston & Wright, J. of C., 1904, p. 81). 
Var. fammea, common on walls, Twitchen, Morthoe, Mrs. Longstaff. 
