WORMS. TESTACEA. gi. Helix. 
529 
Shell imperforate, roundifli,’ thin, pellucid and generally 
marked with varioufly coloured tranfverfc bands; 
aperture pyriform. 
Donovan' j Brit.JIieHst tab. 13. Ptnrtant, p, 137. 
Lister conth, tub. 57, f. 5’4. Anim, Ang. tab. 2, /C 3, 
Lijier Exert. Anat. tab, 5. _fig. 1—3. 
Argenv. conch, tab. 28. fig. 8. Zoom. tab. 9, f. 5. 
Geve conch, tab. 3-2. f. 391. 411- , 
Chemn. conch. C). tab. 132.7^. 1196--II98. 
Gualt, tefi. tab. i, N, P. tab. 2. A, F, 0 . 
Petkj. Gaz. tab gi . fig. g— 12. tab 92, f. 9, 10. 
Eeba Muf. y.tab. 38, fig. 18. tab, 39,/", 1 9. tab. 40, /". 35. 
Martini Bert. Mogaz. 2- tab, 3. 25— 32. 
Inhabits vvoods of Europe, in numerciis varieties. 
Sheli q~ii lines wide, rufous or pale yellow, rarely bay or 
whitifli, with generally 2—5 bands of various colours, rarely 
without hands : vikorls 
Shell Imperforate, globular, pale with broad inferrupfed 
brown bands : lip white. Garden Snail. 
Shanv Natiir. Mi/cell. I . tab, 30. 
Da Costa Brit, conch, tab. 4. f. i. 
Pennant Brit. Zoel iv. tab. 84. Hg. 1 29. 
Lister Anim. Angl. tab. 2, fi. 2. Conch, tab. 49. 
Geve conch, tab. ■^o, fig, , tab. 3 1 .yi 368— 390, 
Chemn. conch, g. tab. 133, f. 1199—1201. 
Inhabits Eurkpe in gardens and orchards, and is exceedingly 
deflruftive to fiuk and tender leaves. Among the many pe- 
culiarities of thefe animals, the mode by which they conduft 
their amours, is the moll curious and furprifing ; at this feafon 
they make their approaches by difcharging feveral fmall darts 
at each other, which are of a lliarp form and of a horny fub- 
ftance Thefe are contained within a cavity oii the right fide 
of the neck, and a^e launched at each other, with feme degree 
of force, at about the dillance of z inches ; till the quiver or 
refervoir is exhanfted, ana then a reconciliation takes place, 
and the animals unite. The eggs are perfeClly round, and 
about the fize of fmall peas. 
Shell 7j— 8 lines wide, fomet'mes entirely whitifh or various 
fhades of yellow, but generally variegated with dufky linear 
fpofs, or blackiih fpots and marks, and often with 1—5 
brown bands. 
Shell imperforate,' roundifli, fmootli, wliitlfh with Tufous 
ftreaks and bands: lip brown. 
Lifter, tab. 1058, /I i. Cnalt. tefi. tab. I.C^ 
Inhabits fouthern parts of Europe, refembles the latt, but is 
larger, and has a whiter ground. 
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