14G Bcaidiful Shells, 



Dorsetsliire suail, added by Dr. Pultency. Of tlie 

 others wliicli are figured, tlie Leatli snail is pale 

 green in colour, and the bristly snail {U. his^ida), 

 "whicli associates -svitli it on tlie dry heath, is nearly 

 greyish. The last shell is scattered over with 

 bristles, but its diameter is only a quarter of an 

 inch. The prickly snail (Fig. 42), though moro 



<tO-U. 42. iZ-U. 



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45-lG. 47-48. 4'J-50. 



40-11. H. sonVca, JDrapaniaiul. 42. IT. acnlcata (the 

 Prickly Snail), Mailer. 43-44. H. fulva (the Top-shaped 

 Snail. 45-4(3. H. pulchella (the White Snail), Milller, 

 47-48. H.rotundata (the Eadiated Snail), {hid. 49-50. H. 

 pygmo'a (the Pigmy Snail), Dycqmrnaud (much exagge- 

 rated, see scale betwixt). 



minute, is still more remarkable from having tho 

 appearance of large prickles on its shell. Amongst 

 these very small shells are the top-shaped and ^vhite 

 snail, the radiated, and finally the pigmy snail, 

 whose diameter is less than a line. 



"VYe shall still go to our bag for one more hand- 

 ful of miscellaneous shells, "svhich differ much from 



