146 Beautiful Shells. 



Dorsetshire snail, added by Dr. Pulteney. Of the 

 others which are figured, the heath snail is pale 

 green in colour, and the bristly snail (H. hispida), 

 which associates with it on the dry heath, is nearly 

 greyish. The last shell is scattered over with 

 bristles, but its diameter is only a quarter of an 

 inch. The prickly snail (Fig. 42), though more 



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4041. 42. 43-44. 



45-46. 47-48. 49-50. 



40-41. H. serioea, Draparnaud. 42. H. aculeata (the 

 Prickly Snail), Mutter. 43-44. H. fulva (the Top-shaped 

 Snail. 45-46. H. pulchella (the White Snail), Mutter. 

 47-48. H.rotundata (the Eadiated Snail), ibid. 49-50. H. 

 pygmoea (the Pigmy Snail), Dragamaud (much exagge- 

 rated, see scale betwixt). 



minute, is still more remarkable from having the 

 appearance of large prickles on its shell. Amongst 

 these very small shells are the top-shaped and white 

 snail, the radiated, and finally the pigmy snail, 

 whose diameter is less than a line. 



We shall still go to our bag for one more hand- 

 ful of miscellaneous shells, which differ much from 



