LAND SNAILS. 
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This snail inhabits gardens, hedge-banks, and 
under stones in the vicinity of dwellings; it 
is more abundant in limestone districts. It is 
common as far north as Yorkshire, and is un¬ 
known in Scotland and in the North of Ireland. 
Helix hispida —(the Bristly Snail) (PI. VIII., 
fig. 75)—is an extremely common snail in woods, 
among moss and herbage, and under stones, in 
shady places. The shell is about a quarter of an 
inch in breadth and about the same in height, of 
a dark yellowish-brown, transversely striated ; 
the epidermis is clothed with crowded, fine, 
white, and recurved hairs. The umbilicus is 
small, narrow, but deep. 
It varies in colour and in the elevation of the 
spire, but the thick yellowish-white foot of the 
animal affords a good distinction between it and 
the following species :—- 
Helix concinna —(the Neat Snail) (PL VIII., 
fig. 77)—is closely related to the last, and by 
some regarded as a variety of that species. The 
shell however is rather larger and less globose; 
the umbilicus is wider; the hairs are more scat¬ 
tered and readily fall off, and the shell thus often 
presents a smooth surface. The darker colour 
of the animal, the narrower and less fleshy foot, 
are good characters by which this species may be 
separated from H. hispida. Both species, more 
frequently than otherwise, have a white spiral 
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