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Helix nemoralis v. rubella Moq. The forms ooooo and 00300 



are not uncommon. One, 00345, Bickley near Malpas. 



Helix nemoralis v. libellula (Risso). The forms ooooo and 



00300 are about as plentiful as the corresponding forms of the 

 var. rubella. Bellars figures 00045 from Chester. 



Helix 



Specimens with the band- 



formula ooooo, Mouldsworth (Nixon Coll.). 



Helix nemoralis v. petiveria Moq. One specimen, 12345, 



between Chelford and Congleton (T. D. A. Cockerell, i Naturalist/ 

 1886, p. 57). 



Helix hortensis Mull. Very local. Higher Tranmere (Byerley 

 fide Warrington). Chester (Bellars). Mouldsworth, Romiley, 



Woodley, Whaley Bridge. 



Helix 



There are specimens with the 



five bands coalesced from Ashton Heys, near Mouldsworth, in 

 the Nixon Collection. 



Helix hortensis v. lutea Moq. Yellow shells without bands 



seem to be almost as plentiful as the type. Chester (Bellars). 

 Mouldsworth (Nixon Coll.). Romiley, Whaley Bridge. 



Helix hortensis v. incarnata Moq. Bellars figures a specimen 



with the band-formula ooooo from Chester. 



Helix arbustorum L. This species, like H. nemoralis, must have 

 decreased of recent years in the neighbourhood of Manchester 



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local 



not, as a rule, abundant. In the Bollin valley at Butts' Clough 

 and Cotterill Clough, and at Gatley Carrs (Milne and Oldham). 

 Woodchurch, Noctorum, Upper and Lower Tranmere (Byerley). 

 Liscard (Byerley fide S. Archer); Mouldsworth (Chester Museum 

 Coll.). Winsford (E.C). It is to be found sparingly in the 

 valley of the Goyt and Mersey from Romiley to Whaley Bridge. 



Helix arbustorum v. conoidea Westl. Whaley Bridge. 



v. fuscescens D. and M. Cotterill Clough 



urn 



near Ashley (Milne and Oldham). Romiley. 

 Helix rufescens Penn, Very rare. Bellars, who accurately 



describes and figures this species, records it from Chester. 

 Helix hispida L. Not common. Bollington near Dowdon ; 



Gatley (Milne and Oldham). Heatley (L.E.A.). Disley 



(K.H.J.), Upton near Chester (J.B.T.). Strines, Lostock 



Gralam. 

 Helix hispida v. bispidosa Mousson. Generally distributed 

 and plentiful. 



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