52 HELIX. SNAIL-SHELL. 



1(3. Helix rufescens. Rufous Snail-shell. 



Lister, pi. 71, lower fig. Montagu, pi. 23.. f. 2 Pen- 

 a;tf, pi. 88. f. () Da Costa, pi. 4. f. 6 Donovan, pi. 157. 

 f. 1 Dorset Cat. pi. 20. f. 6. 



Helix hispida. Donovan, pi. 151. f. 1. 



Shell a little raised at top, semitransparent, rather ob- 

 tuse, irregularly stiiate across, with a rather large and 

 deep perforation : color rufous or onmge brown with some- 

 times a chocolate tinge, often dull ash-color, and frequently 

 mottled or marbled with paler or darker blotches, rarely 

 appearing as if faintly zoned underneath : spires six, the 

 larger volution a little compressed, forming a slight kind 

 of keel, where it is marked by a narrow pale band, under 

 which it is rather convex : aperture crescent-shaped, 

 slightly compressed in the middle, purplish at the angle 

 near the perforation over which it is something spread : 

 diameter half an inch. 



When young it is often clothed with short hairs, and in 

 thia state mistaken for H. hispida, from which it may be 

 easily distinguished by the subordinated ridge accompa- 

 nied by the pale band. 

 . In woods, and under stones, v. v. 



1 7- Helix Cantiana. Kentish Snail-shell. 



Montagu, pi. 23. f. 1 Dorset Cat. pi. 19. f. 21. 



Helix pallida. Donovan, pi. 157. f- 2. 



Shell semitransparent, slightly depressed and striate, o 

 a pale blueish or lead color tinge, especially towards the 

 top, very much resembling the last, but is larger and with- 

 out the subcarinated edge, but has often a faint white 

 band, Math the base and round the mouth rufous, and the 

 perforation is smaller: diameter about three quarters ofari 

 inch. 



Woods and hedges, especially in Kent, and Cork. v. v. 



18. Helix nitens. Glossy Snail-shell, 

 Linn, Trmvt. v"ri. pi. 5. f. 7 Dorset Cat, pi. 19. f. 22. 

 Helix luciria. Montagu, pi. 23. f. 4. 

 Shell flattish at top, thin, transparent, glossy, very 

 faintly striate, fulvous honvcolor or whitish, more opake 



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