360 HELIX HORTENSIS. 
- MONSTROSITIES. 
This section includes all irregularly grown and anomalous shells, and probably 
includes the var. marginella of Westerlunzd (Moll, Extram. Syn., 1877, p. 58), 
which appears to be characterized hy a peculiar suleus or grooving of the outer lip, 
and is recorded from Kalmar and Oviken in Sweden. 
Monst. sealare Hcrussac. 
Helix hortensis monst. scadaris Férussac, Vabl. Syst., 1822, p. 3d pl. 56. ff. 11, 12. 
SueLL with elevated spire and partially dislocated 
whorls. 
ENGLAND. 
Devon S.—Var. Jutea, 00000, Topsham, June 1890, 
E. Collier. 
Oxford—Near Oxford, H. C. Napier. 
Northampton—Northampton road, Kettering, July 
1895-; and Rothwell, Sept. 1891! C. E. Wright. 
York S.E.—Carnaby, Rev. W. C. Hey. Fic. Se hortensis 
ce , : m. scalare Férussac. 
York N.E.—A specimen from Ayton, collected by Rothwall’ ® Nese 
J. Ross, in the Alder Collection, Newcastle Museum. (Mr. C. E. Wright). 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Germany—Monst. scalare is reported from Metz, Lorraine, by Joba. 
France—Monst. scalare has been recorded by Bouillet from Montferrand, Puy- 
de-Dome; by Barbie from Dijon, Céte d@Or; by Jeannot from Avesnes, Nord; by 
Demarle from Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais ; by Thomas from Nantes, Loire 
Inférieure ; and by Grateloup from Montpellier, Hérault, and the Gironde. 
Dr. Baudon chronicles m. sea/aroides from Mesmil St. Firmin, Oise. 
Belgium—Reported by M. Sizaire from Spontin, Namur; and by M. Rottiaen 
from Tervueren, Brabant. 
Switzerland—M. Charpentier records a specimen found by M. Studer near Berne. 
Monst. sinistrorsum fF érussac. 
Helix hortensis monst. sinistrorsa Férussac, Tabl. Syst., 1822, p. 35. 
Tlel'x nemoralis 2° minor c. contrarta Charpentier, Moll. Suisse, 1837. p. 7. 
Helix hortensis monst. sinistrvorsum ‘VYaylor, Journ. of Conch., 1883, p. 3. 
SHELL reversed or sinistral in coiling. 
ENGLAND AND WEALEZES: 
Devon S.—Var. lutea, 00000, Topsham, June 1890, E. Collier. 
Somerset N.—Var. Jufea, 00000, one at Keynsham, April 1874, and one at 
Coombe Dingle, May 1875, Miss Hele. 
Northampton— Var. crenicola, 123(45), Northampton road, Kettering, July 1895, 
C. E. Wright. 
Gloucester W.—Hortield, Ane. 1887, Miss Hele. 
Pembroke—Var. /utea, 00000, Tenby, July 1886, C. Jefferys. 
Lancashire S.—Burnley, Aug. 1887, J. Russell Wildman. 
York Mid W.-—-Var. lutea, 00000, near York, May 1894, J. Hawkins. 
: , * ? SCOTLAND. 
Aberdeen S.—Links near Aberdeen, 1871, Prof. J. W. H. Traill. 
FOREIGN DISTRIBUTION. 
France—Recorded by Dr. Grateloup from Montpellier, Herault, and Avesnes in 
the Nord; and by Mr. J. R. le B. Tomlin from the sand-dunes of Brittany. 
Switzerland—Var. contraria recorded by M. Charpentier as found by M. Studer. 
United States—Dr. J. W. Mighels recorded in 1843 the finding by Capt. Walden 
of a heterostrophe var. «renicola on a little island in Casco Bay, Maine. 
