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HELIX. SNAIL-SHELL. 
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16. Helix rufescens. Rufous Snail-shell. 
Lister , pi, 71, lower fig.— Montagu, pi. 23. f. 2—Pa. 
pi. 88. f. 6*—Ha Co&fr, pi. 4. f. G— Donovan, pi. 15/ t 
f. 1 —Dorset Cat. pi. 20. f. G. 
Helix hispida. Donovan, pi. 151. f. 1. 
Shell a little raised at top, semitransparent, rather ok 
tuse, irregularly striate across, with a rather large and 
deep perforation : color rufous or orange brown with some¬ 
times a chocolate tinge, often dull ash-color, and frequently ( 
mottled or marbled with paler or darker blotches, rarely 
appearing as if faintly zoned underneath ‘.‘spires six, the 
larger volution a little compressed, forming a slight kind 
of lceel, where it is marked by a narrow pale band, under 
which it is rather convex: aperture crescent-shaped, 
slightly compressed in the middle, purplish at the angle 
near the perforation over which it is something spread: 
diameter half an inch. 
When young it is often clothed with short hairs, and in | 
thi3 state mistaken for H. hispida, from which it may be 
easily distinguished by the subcarinated ridge accompa- 
nied by the pale hand. 
In woods, and under stones, v. v. 
17. Helix Cantiana. Kentish Snail-shelf. 
Montagu, pi. 23. f. 1 —Dorset Cat. pi. 19. f. 21. 
Helix pallida. Donovan, pi. 157. f. 2. 
Shell semitransparent, slightly depressed and striate,o 
a pale blueish or lead color tinge, especially towards the 
top, very much resembling the last, but is larger and with* 
out the subcarinated edge, but has often a faint white 
band, with the base and round the mouth rufous, and the 
perforation is smaller: diameter, about three quarters of an 
inch. 
Woods and hedges, especially in Kent, and Cork. v.v. 
18. Helix nitens, Glossj/ Snail-shell. 
Linn. Trans, viii. pi, 5. f. 7 —Dorset Cat." pi. 19.f.22. 
Helix lucida. Montagu , pL 23. f. 4. 
Shell flattisli at top, thin, transparent,. glossy, very 
faintly striate, fulvous horn-color or whitish, more opake 
