430 



procefTes, that give it a fpinous appearance: neither 

 thefe, nor the ftrise, are teltaceouSj but flexible, and 

 eafily rubbed off. It does not appear to be a plentiful 

 fpecies: we have found it in the woods at Lackham in 

 Wilffhire, and about Kingsbridge in DevonJIiire ; and 

 have received it from Sandwich in Kent. This is proba- 

 bly the (hell defcribed by Mr, Morton, to be found in 

 Morjley wood, in Northamptonjhire, but is extremely 

 rare ; he fays, it had five wreaths, and that the live fliell 

 is a little briflly. 



LiGHTFOOT, who has given a good figure of this 

 fhell, in the Philofophical Tranfadions for 1786, fays, 

 it was found near Bulljlrode, at the foot of pales, upon 

 old bricks and ftones, after rainy weather, in June and 

 July. 



It was called by Do61or Solan der Helix dele5labilis. 



Animal light coloured, paler beneath : tcntacula four, 

 the fuperior ones long in proportion to the animal, fub- 

 clavate, furnifned with eyes at their tips. 



Caperata. Helix ngevia. Gmel Syfl. p. 3623. 245 ? 



Tab. 11. f. 11. Xurt. Lin. iv. p. 510 ?—GmIt. t. 2. N ? 



C/iem. Conch, ix. t. 133. f. 1207 ? 

 Schroeter Flujfconck. t. 5. f. 35. 

 H, with a fub-pellucid, and fomewhat compreffed 

 fiiell, fafciated with purplifli-brown and. white : volutions 



fix. 



