130 HELICID&. 



among the loose stones, and probably affords a 

 favourite repast to H. revelata, which congregated 

 in some numbers about its roots. 



14. H. FUS'CA,* MONTAGU. PL. VIII. 



Body elongate, yellowish-grey tinged with violet, finely speckled 

 with black above, tubercles small, irregularly placed ; tentacles 

 long, thick at the base, very slightly transparent, bluish-grey 

 slightly tinged with violet ; lower tentacles more diverging at 

 the base than the upper ones ; bulbs small, nearly globular \foot 

 long, narrow, its edges of a bluish tint. 



Shell subconical, somewhat compressed, very thin, nearly 

 membranous, transparent, glossy, pale yellowish-brown or light 

 horn-colour, with strong irregular wrinkles in the line of growth ; 

 periphery rounded, slightly keeled ; epidermis somewhat thick ; 

 whorls 5-5^, body whorl occupying a little more than half of the 

 shell ; spire somewhat produced, apex obtuse ; suture rather 

 shallow; mouth semilunar, somewhat oblique; outer lip rather 

 thin, reflected over the umbilicus which is exceedingly small. 



Inhabits woods and hedgerows, as well as grassy 

 banks, among nettles, brambles, and ferns, in many 

 parts of Great Britain, but it is a local species. I 

 have frequently seen it feeding upon the tender leaves 

 of young alders and poplar trees. It is exceedingly 

 hardy. In the ' Quarterly Journal of Conchology,' 

 vol. i. p. 1 80, Mr. Charles Ashford makes the following 

 interesting remarks on the habits of this species. "On 

 Christmas day a few winters ago I was walking 

 through Saltram Wood, three miles from Plymouth, 

 when I noticed two individuals of H. fusca upon the 

 herbage of the bank. As the weather was cold I was 

 rather surprised to find this species abroad while its 



* Dusky brown. 



