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time beneath the leaves of nettles and other large plants. Gwyn 
Jeffreys tells us nothing about its feeding habits. 
H. rufescens. The Rufescent Snail.—Occurs on both lime- 
stone and sandstone, but not very numerously. I have made 
several journeys lately below Pontefract, and never seen a 
specimen. Vars. minor and alba are not rare. This species is 
subject to much variation and distortion. Some of the specimens 
are very flat, sometimes the first whorl is intorted; some have a 
raised spire, and some have an exceedingly deep suture with 
rounded whorls. The conical forms have a whorl more than the 
tlat forms. Scalariform examples with a flat apex are frequent. 
H. hispida. ‘The Bristly Snail.—Common. The young are 
grey, and may easily be mistaken for H. sericea. 
Vars. subrufa and conica.— Frequent. 
H. virgata. The Zoned Snail.— Abundant in Ferrybridge 
Lane, and occurs both on the ground and high up in the hedge- 
rows. The banded forms and the yellow ones are about equally 
distributed. 
Var. minor, Taylor —In 1884 I observed large numbers of this 
variety on the lawn at Pontefract Station. 
Var. carinata, Jeff. — Carinated adult specimens are rare. 
Many of the young of the type form are carinated, but some 
are not. 
Var. submaritima, Des Moul.—Occurs amongst the variety 
minor. 
Var. suballida, Poiret. Rare. 
Band variations are almost infinite. Pontefract is the head- 
quarters in the inland parts of Yorkshire for this species. 
H. caperata. The Wrinkled Snail.—Said to be less common 
about Pontefract than it was formerly. 
Var. ornata, Picard.—Not unfrequent. 
Var. gigaxti, Charp.—Found with the type. 
Monst. subscalaris.— Rare. 
H. ericetorum. The Heath Snail.—I found two or three 
sub-fossil shells in a bank in Ferrybridge Lane on May 26th, 
1885. 
H. rotundata. The Rounded Snail.—Common. 
Vars. pyramidalis and minor.—Rare. 
H. pygmea. The Pygmy Snail.—Frequent in woods amongst 
leaves and moss. 
