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S.A. NAT., VOL. XVI. 
March 24, 1937, Records of Snails , etc. 
Six further specimens were taken from the walls of the 
obelisk, Robe, recently by the author. They prove to be the 
above species, which is said to be extremely common in Victorian 
gardens. The species is common in the British Isles and Europe. 
A small brownish shell, with close set axial wrinkles and 
interruptedly banded. Diameter 12 mm., height 8 mm. All Soutli 
Australian specimens so far examined have been juveniles of 
about 8 mm. x 5 mm. 
Helicella ericetorum Muller. 
(Plate 1, fig. 3, 4). 
In 1924 Verco recorded this European species from various 
localities on Yorke Peninsula. It is now very common there and 
in places the low srub is so covered that the shells, at a distance, 
have the appearance of blossom. The shell is depressed, with a 
wide umbilicus, and a single chestnut or chocolate band encircles 
the body whorl at the periphery; other iess distinct spiral bands 
encircle the base. Diameter 15 mm., height 7 mm. 
Euparypha pis ana Muller. 
(Plate 1, fig. 1, 2). 
This species was taken by Mr. A. A. P. Cossels at Millicent, 
in December, 1923. Specimens were forwarded to the South 
Australian Museum with the information that they were “play- 
ing havoc” with the barley crops, and had only been seen in 
the disrtict for two or three years. It is widely distributed in 
England, Mediterranean Regions, North Africa, and has become 
a serious pest in South Africa and California. I he species is 
now widely distributed in the South-east of South Australia, 
occurring at Beachport, Robe, and at Kingston in countless 
thousands “climbing trees and almost covering the fence posts” 
(Hale). It has recently been taken by Dr. C. Hackett at 
Prospect, in the metropolitan area of Adelaide. The breeding 
season here appears to be about March. Less depressed than 
the former species, milky white, with a whiter peripheral band, 
base light brown fading to white at the narrow umbilicus. 
