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Var. nigrescens Moq-Tand. Shell blackish or very smoky brownish-black, 

 nearly unicolored. 



Miss F. M. Hele informs me she has found a specimen 

 of this variety " literally as black as ink " at Burnham near 

 Bristol. 



In France M. Abbe Dupuy has collected this variety of an 

 entirely uniform black at Preste (Pyrenees Orientales) ; and 

 M. Gassies would seem to record it from the Agenais as var. 

 brunea. 



Var. obscurata Moq-Tandon. Shell dark reddish, with broad pale-brown 

 bands, more or less indistinct. 



The Rev. J. McMurtrie describes specimens from Arthur's 

 Seat, Edinburgh, as "uniform dark-brown, whitish bands very 

 indistinct," which I incline to regard as this variety. 



Toulouse, France (Moquin-Tandon). 



Var. flammea Picard. Shell reddish, without distinct bands, but with 

 longitudinal flames, more or less interrupted. 



I have by the kindness of Miss Fairbrass seen specimens — 

 collected by herself at Droitwich — which I refer to this variety. 



The Rev. J. McMurtrie writes that at North Berwick, 

 Haddingtonshire, he has found shells " brown, semitransparent, 

 white in patches, giving the shell a piebald appearance." These 

 may be this variety or an approach to it. 



France (Moquin-Tandon). 



Var. marmorata Moquin-Tandon. Shell greyish or fulvous, marbled with 

 brown. 



Toulouse, France (Moquin-Tandon). 



I have not seen a satisfactory British specimen of this 

 variety. 



Var. grisea Moquin-Tandon. Shell of a fallow or greyish colour, with 

 extremely pale and indistinct bands. 



Miss F. M, Hele has found this variety in Leigh Woods, 



near Bristol, and I am indebted to her kindness for specimens 



from that locality. Mr. W. Jeffery says : " Occurs sparingly 



