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collected in such great numbers, as to give rise to 

 the popular notion of their having fallen from the 

 clouds ; and in very hot weather, the young both 

 of this species and the H. cingenda may be found 

 in clusters adhering to the stalks of various plants, 

 with the aperture closed by a thin pellicle, except 

 where it is in contact with the plant. 

 The Helix Scarabceus, in like manner, is sometimes 

 found in such vast profusion, in the maritime plains 

 of Amboina, that they are supposed by the natives 

 to have fallen from the clouds in showers, whence 

 Rumphius calls the species Cochlea Imbrium. 



S2. HELIX caper ata. Shell flattish, yellowish with 

 brown interrupted bands and spots, and strongly 

 striate transversely. 



b. dull greyish-white without bands. 



Helix caperata. Montagu, p. 430. t. II. f. 11. 

 Teba caperata. Leach, Mollusc, p. 97. 

 Helix striata, Drap. p. 106. t. 6./. 1821. 

 Helix intersects Brard, p. 39. t. 2./. 7. 

 Helix crenulata. Dillrvyn, p. 895. 



Shell seldom half an inch in diameter, and a quarter 

 of an inch high, rather compressed ; the larger 

 volution sloping to a somewhat carinate edge in 



