HIM. ix. -_>:; 



oval, white within and fasciate ; peristome white, the mar/m- 

 mote, the right margin sulnimple, the eoluinellar dilated. < u l- 

 straightened. Diam. 50, alt. 45 mill. (Kobelt. ) 



OaMCOHH "ii'' i' 



It is the If. abichiana Bayer, in coll. 



This form is according to Kohdt, always to l.e diMm-nislied from 

 H. pomatia by the relatively lesser altitude and nmsiderahl.- widen- 

 ing of the last whorl ; the spiral sculpture is lc>> di>tim-t ; the mouth 

 is broader than in H. pomatiu, and the columella !>> perpendicular 

 and more straightened. 



H. LUCORUM Miiller 1773. PL 67, fig. 93. 



Nearly covered perforate, depressed globose, solid, opaque white 

 with (originally) five deep chestnut bands, th" >ee<>nd and third al- 

 most always coalescent, and frequently all above the periphery and 

 all below coalescent, with a narrow white peripheral /one, the lii>t 

 band however usually separate and very narrow; marked longitudi- 

 nally with occasional oblique brown streaks, more inten-e mi tin- 

 bands showing the positions of the former peristomes ; light ly ohli<jue- 

 ly striate, and sometimes showing very ill defined spiral line> ; spirt- 

 conic, apex obtuse, unicolored, sutures moderately impressed ; whori> 

 5, somewhat convex, gradually increasing ; body-whorl larire, indent- 

 ed around the center below, gently deflexed anteriorly: aperture 

 oblique, rather small, lunate, colored same as the outside , peristome 

 slightly thickened, brown, the extreme edge whitish, upper and low- 

 er margins subparallel, not converging, joined by a thin brown 

 callus, upper and outer margins simple, basal more thickened and je- 

 flexed, columellar margin reflexed, nearly covering the umbilicus and 

 slightly straightened within, short. Diam. 40-50, alt. 30-45 mill. 

 Central Italy ; Balkan Peninsula ; Asia Minor. 



It is H. mutata of Lamarck. 

 Var. CASTANEA Olivier. PL 59, fig. 58. 



Presents the following points of difference from //. fcittwum: 

 the spire is more elevated and conic, body-whorl more depres 

 whorls less rapidly widening; aperture smaller, more ohli M ue, outer 

 lip more flaring, base with a light colored very heavy straight < 



lus within ; bands coalescent into two. 



Constantinople, 



H. mahometana Bourg. is a synonym. 



Quite distinct and easily recognized by the conic torn,, s 

 aperture and callous columella. 



