THE ZOOLOGIST. 



THIRD SERIES, 



Vol.XVIL] JANUARY, 1893. [No. J93. 



NOTES ON SOME LAND SHELLS COLLECTED AT 

 MUCH HADHAM, HERTS. 



By G. T. Rope. 



The neighbourhood of Much Hadham, in Hertfordshire, if not 

 already worked out, would, I think, prove an excellent hunting- 

 ground for conchologists. After a good rain, the abundance of 

 land snails to be seen in some spots is truly astonishing, some of 

 the hedge-banks being almost covered with them. 



During a month's sojourn there last June, in which I had 

 no time to make anything like a strict search, I noticed the 

 following species : — 



Helix pomatia. — Not being aware of the time that this fine 

 species occurred in the immediate neighbourhood, I was much 

 pleased at "meeting" a large and handsome adult crawling on a 

 footpath in a field between Hadham and Standon. 



H. aspersa. — Numerous, of good size, and well developed. 



H. nemoralis. — Tolerably common, but far less numerous than 

 the next species. One bandless specimen was of a nearly uniform 

 olive-brown tint, inclining to lilac, or pale purple, and becoming 

 a rich tawny colour towards the lip. 



H. hortensis. — Remarkably abundant, and showing endless 

 variety both as to ground-colour and banding. One of the most 

 beautiful varieties, of common occurrence here, has a neat 

 compact and rather small shell, of a delicate salmon colour 

 throughout, without bands ; some individuals inclining more or 

 less to amber -yellow, others to a bright rosy tint, or again to a 



ZOOLOGIST. — JAN. 1893. 



