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striate : spire composed of five rounded volu- 

 tions : aperture semielliptic, longer than wide, the 

 peritreme produced at the pillar in a nearly straight 

 line where it is flattened and thickened, surround- 

 ed by a chocolate or reddish brown border : colour 

 yellow, reddish, brownish or whitish, uniform or 

 marked with from one to five brown bands, and 

 subject to every variety that can arise from the 

 presence or absence of any of the bands, or from 

 their confluence. 



Common in hedges. 



24;. HELIX hortensis. Shell somewhat globular, 

 smooth, yellow or brown, uniform or banded, with 

 the peritreme white. 



Helix hortensis. Drap. p. 95. tab. Q.f. 6. 

 Brard, p. 16. tab. l.f. 3. 



Montagu, p. 412. 



Tachea hortensis. Leach, Mollusc, p. 85. 

 Cochlea fasciata. Da Costa, p. 76. t. 5./. 4, 5. 



Shell about a fourth part smaller than the last, which 

 in colour and varieties it much resembles ; but is 

 distinguished by its smaller size, in not being quite 

 so convex, and in the white margin round the aper- 

 ture. It is never found in conjunction with the 



