BULLETIN OF WISCONSIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. VOL. 4. NO. 3. 
The rediscovery of this interesting little operculate land shell 
at Whitefish Bay is due to Dr. Graenicher. The species was 
found to be moderately abundant under stumps and in the leaves 
and grass on the wooded slope of the bluffs, especially about half 
a mile south of the resort. It was here associated with a dozen 
other species of snails and slugs. The reddish color, shoe-button 
like shape, and above all. the presence of the operculum, will 
enable Helicina to be readily recognized on sight. 
In the public library copy of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous 
Collections (VII, 112 1 above referred to. is the following interest- 
ing note written in pencil after the description of the present 
species: 
"Finding a number of living specimens of this shell at Mil- 
waukee. I submitted them to Mr. W. G. Binney for examination. 
He reported that without doubt they were Helicina occulta, thus 
satisfactorily settling a long mooted point. E. R. L." 
The initials stand, I am told, for E. R. Leland, but the date 
of the annotation is unknown. 
2. Helix pomatia Linne. 
This, the large edible snail of Europe, is reported by Philip 
Wells as taken alive in a vacant lot on the northeast corner of 
State and Fifteenth streets. One of the two specimens secured 
was presented to the museum by Mr. Wells. Repeated search has 
failed to further confirm the habitat, and the species cannot there- 
fore be considered an established resident.* It is not included 
in Pilsbry and Johnson's Catalogue of American Land Shells. 
The site of its capture is said to be the scene of former "snail 
banquets" for which great numbers of this species were imported. 
Judging from our unfortunate experience with other introduced 
forms, it is not likely to prove a desirable addition to our fauna, 
however alluring to the palate. 
Helix Tachea nemoralis Linne. 
Reported doubtfully from Baraboo. Sauk Co.. Wis.. Xaut.. 
VI., 131. See also Pils. & Johns. Cat., p. 3. A native of Europe. 
* In a letter received from Mr. Brown since the above was penned, 
is the following: "In clearing- away the bushes and rubbish on the old 
Milwaukee Garden site (Fourteenth and State streets), several addi- 
tional specimens of the large European edible snail were found. This 
makes five altogether. These are probably the last, as the site is now 
almost entirely occupied by dwellings and large flat buildings." 
