TAYLOR: ON NEW VARIETIES OF BRITISH SHELLS. 29 



Helix virgatavar. minor n. v. Shell smaller. Diam. 6| mill. 

 Mr. C. Ashford has kindly given me specimens 

 of this variety from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Mr. 

 J. W. Wood some from Freshwater in the same island, 

 the latter gentleman remarking that "this small form 

 covers the tips of the short bare grass of the chalk 

 downs". Mr. Boland has also favoured me with the 

 same form from Tenby; and I have also received it 

 from the late Mr. Hatcher of London, who collected 

 them in the Scilly Isles. 



Helix virgata var. major n. v. Shell larger. Diam. 20 mill. 

 I have received through the kindness of Miss F. 

 M. Hele, of Bristol, two specimens of this form from 

 that neighbourhood. Mr. J. W. Wood has also given 

 me it from Freshwater, Isle of Wight, with the remark 

 that he found it only in one place where the earth had 

 been piled up into a bank, and was covered with thick 

 grass and herbage ; it was associated with the v. strigata 

 of Bulhmis acutus. Dr. Jeffreys records it from Wey- 

 mouth. 



Helix virgata var. leucozona n. v. Shell violet-brown or 

 reddish-brown, with a white zone at the periphery and 

 sometimes with a paler area around the umbilicus. 



Dr. Gray ('Turton's British Shells,' p. 160) was 

 aware of the occurrence of this variety, remarking that 

 ' the most singular variation of this species is that of a 

 dark brown with a single white band.' 1 have been 

 favored with specimens from Hayle, Cornwall, by 

 Miss S. Hockin; Weston-super-Mare, by Miss F. M. 

 Hele; and Tenby, by Mr. W. H. Boland. 



Helix virgatavar. alba n. v. Shell pure white, with trans- 

 lucent bands. 



Miss F. M. Hele has kindly given me a specimen 



of this variety from Clevedon, and an immature shell 



