56 COLIMACEA. 



tudiiially lengthened ; inner lip white, pretty broadly reflected 

 on the columella; outer lip blunted on the edge, and consider- 

 ably reflected; whole surface covered with a rather strong, dull, 

 wrinkled epidermis, of a yellowish-brown or olive ; with two or 

 three dark, reddish-brown bands of large, interrupted, irregular 

 blotches on the body volution, and two or three on the volu- 

 tions of the spire ; between these are paler, irregular markings. 

 Diameter about an inch and a half. 



When the epidermis is removed, the surface of the shell 

 is of a pale white, marked with the fasciae, which appear more 

 distinct. 



Fig. 7 represents the young shell. 



This species is subject to considerable variety, both in colour 

 and markings, as well as in the length of its spire. 



Fig. 6 is a small variety, the body of which is invested with 

 irregular, longitudinal clouds and blotches, without fascia?. It 

 has been found with the volutions reversed, and also with the 

 convolutions apart from each other. 



This species is universally diffused over the whole of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, and inhabits woody situations, but is more 

 especially met with in gardens, where it makes considerable 

 havoc among the plants. 



3. Helix nemoralis, pi. VI, f. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 

 Helix nemoralis, Miiller, Verm., II, p. 46, No. 246; Linne, 

 Syst. Nat., p. 3647 ; Lister, Conch., pi. 57, f. 54 ; Montagu, 

 Test. Brit., p. 411; Donovan, Brit. Sh., I, pi. 13; Drapernaud, 

 p. 94, pi. 6, f. 3, 4, 5 ; Brard, p. 12, pi. 1, f. 2 and 4 ; Maton 

 and Rackett, Linn. Tr., VIII, p. 206 ; Lamarck, An. San. Vert., 

 VI, pt. 2nd, p. 81 ; Fleming, Brit. An., p. 264 ; lb., Edin. 

 Ency., VII, p. 81 ; Brown, Ency. Brit., 1st Ed., VI, p. 460; 

 lb., Wernerian Mem., II, p. 527; Pfeiffcr, I, p. 27, pi. 2, f. 10, 

 11 ; Rossmassler, pi. 298, a, b, var.; lb., VIII, p. 26, pi. 36, f. 

 494; lb., pi. 10, f. 137; Turton, Brit. Fan., p. 191; lb., Man., 

 p. 33, f. 23; Alder, Mag. Zool. and Bot., II, p. 107; Forbes, 

 Mai. Mon., p. 7 ; Thompson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., VI, p. 

 22 ; Jeffreys, Linn. Tr., XVI, p. 330 ; Tachea nemoralis, 

 Leach, Moll., p. 84; Cochlea fasciata, Da Costa, p. 76, pi. 5, 

 f. 1, 2, 3; Helix nemoralis, Brown, Illust. Conch., p. 43, pi. 

 16, f. 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10; lb.. First Ed., pi. 39, f- 1, 2, 3, 7, 

 8, 9, 10. 



