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Neil, Esq., and placed in his curious and most inter- 

 esting garden at Cannon Mills ; but we believe they 

 have not prospered, and are gradually disappearing." 

 (Johnston, Mag. N. Hist. 47.) 



c. Shell subglobose, banded; peristome rather thick- 

 ened ; axis perforated; epiphragm membrana- 

 ceous. (Arianta Leach.) 



39. 6. HELIX arbustorum. Shrub Snail. Shell 

 somewhat globular, rather solid, brown or yel- 

 lowish, marbled and marked with a single band ; 

 mouth roundish lunate ; peristome reflexed, 

 white, (t, 3. f. 25.) 



Helix arbustorum. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 1245. ; Montagu, p. 413. ; 

 Drap. p. 38. t. 5. f. 18. ; Brard, p. 65. t. 2. f. 12. ; Pfeijfer, 

 t. 2. f. 7, 8. Forbes and Hanley, B.M. iv. 48. t. 115. f. 5, 6. 

 Helix gothica. Linn. S. N. ed. 10. 770. Helix Xatartii. 

 Farin. Ann. Soc. Nat. ii. 1834, 122. Helix Wittmanni. Za- 

 wadzky in Rossm. Icon. v. f. 279. d. Arianta arbustorum. 

 Leach, Moll. Syn. 63.; Beck, Ind. 41. Cochlea unifasciata. 

 Da Costa, p. 75. 1. 17. f. 6. Helix alpestris. Ziegler in Ross. 

 Icon. v. f. 279. b. Helix turgidula. Wood, Index Supp. t. 7. 

 f. 6. Helix picea. Ziegl. Helix canigonensis. JBoubee. 



Inhab. moist woods and river sides, in wet shady 

 places among willows. 



Animal granular, greenish black ; hinder part of 

 the foot and beneath, grey ; tentacles shortish. 

 (Sturm, t. 23.; Rossm. t. 5. f. 7, 8.) Jaw strong, 

 costated, and toothed on the edge. 



Shell about three quarters of an inch high, and as 

 much in diameter, but variable in size and propor- 

 tion, striate, mostly brown marbled with small yel- 

 lowish spots, or greenish-yellow with whitish spots, 

 with a single blackish band, which winds round the 



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