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umbilicus small, very deep, distinct. Height -^ths inch. Among 

 holly leaves in woods and groves. Local. H. lamellata. 



(b) Shell conical, turreted, globose, brownish horn-colour ; 

 epidermis raised into numerous plaits, which, in the middle of each 

 whorl, become produced into points ; whorls four to four and a- 

 half ; aperture nearly crescent-shaped ; umbilicus small. Height 

 /s-ths inch. Among moss and dead leaves in woods and hedge- 

 rows. Moderately common. If. aculeata.^ 



(c) Shell very large, globose, coarsely striated, strong, whitish- 

 yellow banded with brown ; whorls four to five, the body-whorl 

 very large ; spire short, blunt ; mouth roundish ; inner lip reflected ; 

 umbilicus narrow. Height i Jfths inch. Woods and hedgerows 

 in chalky districts. Local. H. pomatia.^ 



(d} Shell conoid, globose, wrinkled, yellowish-brown with 

 interrupted dark bands, solid ; whorls four to five and a-half, 



Fig. 32. Helix aspersa. 



convex, the body-whorl being very large in proportion ; spire short, 

 blunt ; aperture oval ; umbilicus none. Height i -/-ths inch. 

 Gardens, fields, hedgerows. Very common. H. aspersa. 62 



(e) Shell subglobose, glossy, banded or unicolor ; whorls five 

 to five and a-half, convex ; spire short, blunt at apex ; mouth 



00 v. albida^ whitish. 



61 v. albida, whitish, unicolor. 



62 v. exalbida, yellowish or whitish, unicolor ; v. grisea, tawny or greyish, 

 with extremely pale bands ; v. flammea, reddish with longitudinal flame-shaped 

 markings ; v. tenuior, smaller, very thin, transparent, reddish, unicolor ; v. 

 albofasciata, reddish-brown, with a single white band ; v. globosa, larger, nearly 

 globular ; v. minor, shell smaller ; v. conoidea, thinner, smaller, conical, mouth 

 small. 



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