141 



Nothing can be more different in appearance than this 

 fhell is when perfedl, and when divefted of its ftriated, pilofe 

 epidermis. 



Lin. Trans, viii. p. 205. VrviPARA. 



Puk. Hutch. Dorset, t. 17. f. 2 p. 38G. 



In the month of May every full grown fpecimen is found 

 to poffefs from eight to twelve young, with their teftaceous 

 covering; a proof of its not only being viviparous, but that 

 it differs from the general conformation of other aquatic 

 Limaces, being hermaphrodite ; a circumftance that did not 

 efcape the notice of our countryman Lister. 



The animal is dufky-black, thickly fpeckled with orange- 

 yellow : the fnout is produced : tentacula taper, projedling 

 forwards, and turning a little outwards at the tip: eyes 

 fmall, placed on the bafe of the tentacula on the outfide,and 

 a little prominent* 



Turbo albus Don. Br. Shells: v. t. 177. PoLlTA.' 



Stiombiformis albus Da Costa, p. 116. p, ^58. 



Helix polita. Lin. Trans, viii. p. 210. 



Pult. Hutch. Dorset. 1. 19- f- 1^.' 



This fpecies is figured in the Briti/h Shells with a reference 

 to Strombijormis albus of Da Costa. 



We 



