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obsolete as to be scarcely discernible, it has by 

 the continental writers been placed in various 

 genera. 



In wet moss, and decayed wood, not uncommon. 



67. BvLiMVS fasciatus. Shell oblong, rather acute, 

 coarsely wrinkled or striate, generally whitish with 

 brown streaks or bands. 



a. white without marks. 



b. white with a single band on the large volu- 

 tions only. 



c. whitish with the band continuing round the 

 base of all the volutions. 



d. wliitish, with brown longitudinal streaks. 



e. brown, with white longitudinal streaks. 



Elisma fasciata. Leach, Mollusc, p. 109. 

 Buhmus acutus. Drap. p. 77. t. 4./. 29, 30. 

 Turbo fasciatus. Mont. p. 34G. t. 22. f. 1. 

 Helix bifasciata. Turton, Diet. j). 63. 

 Helix acuta. Dillwyn,p. 95Q. 



Shell half an inch or rather more in length, and about 

 a third as much broad, oblong, semitransparent, 

 variously marked, but always coarsely wrinkled 

 longitudinally, and sometimes of a greyish coloui 



