A14 — Binney’s Monograph of the Helices 
Synonyms AND REFERENCES. 
Helix intertéxta, Nobis. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Animal. Not hitherto observed. 
Shell.  Sub-pyramidal; epidermis yellari horn- 
eolor; whorls six to seven, with numerous fine, 
oblique striæ, and very minute spiral strize, intersect- 
ing each other; outer whorl with a narrow, light- 
colored band, and an ill-defined brownish band below 
it; aperture. rounded, a little transverse ; lip thin, 
somewhat thickened within by a deposition of testa- 
ceous matter, slightly reflected at its junction with 
the ‘base of the shell; wmbilicus small, sometimes 
nearly obsolete; base whiter than the upper surface. 
Greatest transverse diameter about three fourths of 
an inch. 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. It inhabits North 
Carolina. I have seen numerous specimens from 
Cabarrus County. It is also found in Ohio and 
Pennsylvania. — . ; ; 
Remarks. This ‘shell resembles some varieties of 
Hzrix ligéra so nearly, that I hesitated some time 
before I considered it distinct. The spire is less 
high in a shell of the same size, has a smaller num- 
ber of whorls, and is more pyramidal in shape, than 
in that species. The diameter, in full-grown speci- 
mens, is greater, and the base is flatter. ‘The epider- 
mis is darker and less shining, the shell is thicker and 
less pellucid, the deposit of testaceous matter within 
