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cart-track in Guernsey. Dr. Lukis, who was at that 

 time and is still a resident there, informs me that he has 

 frequently searched in vain for this remarkable shell; 

 and I have accompanied him in one of these excursions. 

 Its shape is not much unlike that of the variety tennis of 

 H. aspersa, which is common in Guernsey, and is fre- 

 quently bandless and without coloured markings. H. 

 aperta is not found anywhere in France, except in the 

 extreme South ; it is also a native of Italy. It is the 

 H. Naticoides of Draparnaud. This snail is said to 

 feed on vine leaves ; and it ranks with the ortolan in 

 gastronomic celebrity. Forbes's specimen might possibly 

 have been imported and dropped by some French sailor, 

 who had feasted on its contents. This specimen, how- 

 ever, is not to be found in the British Museum, where it 

 was said to have been deposited by the discoverer ; and 

 Dr. Baird (who has the charge of this department) in- 

 forms me that he has never seen it, although he has 

 made inquiries and searched more than once for it. 



5. H. NEMORA'LIS*, Linne*. 



H. nemoralis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. p. 1247 ; F. & H. iv. p. 53, pi. 

 cxv. f. 1-4. 



BODY dark brown, tinged with yellow, and covered with 

 very small and close-set round tubercles : mantle of a greenish 

 hue, marked with yellowish specks : tentacles of a darker 

 colour, very long and rather slender ; bulbs globular : foot 

 angular in front, gradually narrowing and pointed behind. 



SHELL globular, depressed below, rather solid and nearly 

 opaque, moderately glossy, yellow, brown, pink, white, and of 

 various other colours and shades, with from 1 to 5 spiral 

 bands, which are usually brown, rarely white, and occasion- 

 ally confluent or interrupted ; the sculpture consists of close, 

 but irregular, lines of growth and minute spiral undulating 



* Inhabiting groves. 





