THE KENTISH SNAIL. 79 



stances in which a species has been inaptly named 

 by that most remarkable and observant of natu- 

 ralists. 



We have found this snail in Gatton Park near 

 Keigate, and on Reigate Hill, and have obtained 

 numerous specimens in the neighbourhood of Chi- 

 chester, and in the beautiful valley known as Kingley 

 Vale. The Kentish snail, H. cantiana (PI. IX., 

 fig. 7), is by no means rare, inhabiting hedges, 

 wooded banks, and walls in the home and many of 

 the southern counties of England.* The shell is 



* Eeferring to the distribution of Helix cantiana, which 

 is generally supposed to be restricted to the south of Eng- 

 land, Mr. John Hawkins writes in The Field, of 24th 

 January, 1874 as follows : " Two years since, when taking 

 a friend to inspect the Roman camp at Honington, while 

 searching for shards of old pottery, I found Helix cantiana. 

 As it was in the winter season, only dead shells were pro- 

 curable. Upon my next visit, I was fortunate enough to 

 discover two or three live specimens. I could hardly be- 

 lieve, at first, that the Kent snail should occur in Lincoln- 

 shire, and was inclined to attribute the finding it to any 

 cause but the true one. However, descending into the 

 valley, and hunting in a dyke for some geological specimens 

 among the stony debris, I found a whole colony of these 

 Helices, and on comparing them with specimens brought 

 from the Undercliff, Isle of Wight, I found them quite the 

 equals of these in every respect. Since that time I have 



