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former, and is considered to be a perfectly distinct 

 species. 

 Common in hedges. 



25. Helix Arhustorum. Shell somewhat globular, 

 brown or yellowish, marbled and marked with a 

 single band. 



a. chestnut with a darker band. 



b. greenish-yellow with a pale band. 



c. without band, and marbled with white spots. 



Helix Arbustorum. Linn. Montagu, p. 413. 



Drap. p. 38. t. o.f. 18. 



. Brard,p. 65. t. 2.f. 12. 



Arianta Arbustorum. Leach, Mollusc, p. 86. 

 Cochlea unifasciata. Da Costa, p. 75. t. 17. f. 6. 



Shell about three quarters of an inch high, and as 

 much in diameter, but variable in size and propor- 

 tion, striate, mostly brown marbled wuth small 

 yellowish spots, or greenish-yellow with whitish 

 spots, with a single blackish band which winds 

 round the middle of the lowest volution and con- 

 tinues round the base of the rest, not penetrating 

 the aperture : this band is often faint, rarely want- 

 ing : aperture semielliptic, longer than wide, more 

 d2 



