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never found in company with H. ericetorum . This 
observation is not of general application. 
The shell of the “zoned snail” is conical; white, 
or cream-colour; with a single dark-brown band 
in the middle of the last whorl, and with many 
smaller ones beneath. It varies much in colour 
and external markings. A pretty variety has 
two narrow brown bands on the under surface, 
between which is a row of brown spots, each 
connected by a narrow brown band. Within the 
aperture of the shell, and at a distance of two 
lines from its reflected margin, is a narrow but 
well-marked ridge, usually corresponding to that 
of the mouth, which is a purplish-brown. 
The whorls are six in number, and the shell 
has an average diameter of a fourth of an inch. 
A few specimens collected by me in corn-fields 
on the chalk downs, near Eastbourne, have a 
breadth of seven-tenths of an inch. Mr. J. G. 
Jeffreys has seen specimens from Weymouth a 
tenth of an inch broader. 
Helix capeeata —{the Wrinkled Snail) (Pl. 
VIII., fig. 78).—So called from the numerous con¬ 
centric rib-like striae upon the whorls; it is 
further to be distinguished from H . virgata by 
its depressed spire and larger umbilicus, and is 
usually of a much smaller size. The colour of 
the shell is usually of a dull yellowish-white, 
with narrow brown bands. The spire is tipped 
