PLATE CLL 



brittle, and of a brown horny colour. When the animal is alive in 

 the shell it is of a dark red colour approaching to black, andjs very 

 elegantly set all over with minute, short, white bristles, or hairs, 

 which easily rub or fall off when the animal dies. 



In the plate the upper and underside are represented, together with 

 a magnified figure, which is distinguished by a star, and is intended to 

 shew the hispid appearance of the shell while the animal is alive. 



FIG. II. 

 HELIX ERICETORUM. 



HEATH SNAIL. 

 SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell umbilicated, depressed and yellowish, with one or more 



fuscous bands. 



Helix Ericetorum : testa umbilicata depressa lutescente : fascia 

 una vel pluribus fuscis. Mull. Hist. Verm. 2. 

 p. 33. n. 236. — Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 3632. 



Cochlea cinerea albidave, faciata, ericetorum. List. II. An. Angl. 

 p. 126. tit. 13. tab. 2. f. 13. — Cochlea com- 

 pressa, umbilicata fasciata campestris. List. H. 

 Conch, tab. IS.fg. 78. 



