436 



HeKx lapicida. Turt. Lin, iv. p. 502. 



Schroeter Erdconch. p. 191. t.2. f. 23. 



Peiiv. Gaz. t. 92. f. 11. 

 Helix acuta. Da Cojia. p. 55. t. 4. f. 9. 



H. with a fub-pellucid, comprelTed, brown fhell, va- 

 riegated with darker fhades: volutions five, almoft flat, 

 or very little raifed; and the (hell is nearly equally con- 

 vex above, and below; the lower volution ftrongly cari- 

 nated, or brought to a fliarp edge, which continues fpi- 

 rally throughout the fuperior volutions, and marks their 

 reparation bv a fine thread-like ridge: it is ftriated. or 

 rather wrinkled, acrofs the whirls, and the whole fhell 

 is minutely and elegantly fhagreened: bafe furniflied 

 with a wide, and deep iimbilicus : aperture fub oval, 

 fub-lunated, margin fiiarp, white; outer lip reflexed ; 

 inner lip fpreading on the body. Breadth three-quar- 

 ters of an inch ; height about three-eighths. 



This fpecies is found in many parts of the kingdom in 

 fhady woods, as well as in rocky expofed lituations, 

 fuch as the top of the hill in Portland ifiand ; where it 

 is not uncommon. Sometimes in hedges, and ditch- 

 banks, or on old walls, but is not a very plentiful fliell 

 any where; though it has been found in mod; of the 

 fouthern counties. 



We believe does not extend into Cornxjoall, or Devon- 

 Jhire ; at leaft we never could find it in thofe parts. 



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