62 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The H. itala of Linne would appear without doubt to be 

 the H. ericetormn of authors. Linne's own handwriting upon 

 the specimen in the Linnean collection leaving no doubt upon 

 the point, so that there would seem to be no alternative but to 

 adopt Linne's name if the recommendations of the British 

 Association be followed. 



Helix virgata var. lineata Olivi. — This is the shell 

 referred by Dr. Jeffreys to var. subinarith?ia Desm., but we are 

 fortified in the opinion that it is really the II. maritima of 

 Drap. = H. lineata Olivi by the opinion of some of the leading 

 European Conchologists, whom we have consulted upon this 

 question. Dr. Jeffreys himself remarked upon the great 

 similarity existing between his var. siibmaritima, and the II. 

 maritima of Drap., but did not actually combine them. It 

 has, in France, been considered as distinct from H. virgata, 

 and a great number of varieties of it have been distinguished by 

 various authors. 



Helix terrestis Pennant (=^. ekga^is Gmelin) is in- 

 cluded solely on the ground of its discovery near Dover by Mrs 

 McDakin. It is hoped that the. species will become firmly estab- 

 lished in this country and form a permanent addition to our list. 



The proper position of Helix acuta is a somewhat doubt- 

 ful question, and in placing it in its present position we have 

 followed the lead of distinguished continental naturalists. 



The term Buliminus is now used for montanus and 

 obsairiis, the old generic name of Bulimus is now used in a 

 more restricted sense for the large tropical forms. 



Pupa cinerea Drap. is introduced provisionally in the 

 faint hope that its claim to inclusion in the British list may be 

 strengthened by further observation. 



Pupa anglica Fer. is restored for P. ringens Jeffreys, as 

 it appears to have been sufficiently brought forward under this 

 name prior to Jeffreys' description. 



J.C., vii., April, 1892. 



