248 HELIX. 



H. PACHYA Bourguignat. 1860. PI. 67, fig. 98. 



Imperforate, globose, thick, ponderous, whitish or flesh-colored, 

 zoned with chestnut, the zones frequently confluent above and below 

 the periphery ; obliquely striate, whorls of spire decussated conspic- 

 uously by spiral lines; spire conic, apex smooth, obtuse; whorls 5, 

 somewhat convex, rapidly increasing, the last ventricose, obliquely 

 plicate-striate, thick, very slightly descending anteriorly, slightly 

 indented at the axis ; aperture rotund-lunate, livid whitish or brown- 

 ish, sometimes showing the bands within ; peristome obtuse, the ends 

 not converging, much thickened, not reflexed ; columellar margin 

 reflexed and appressed over the umbilicus ; parietal wall with a thick 

 callus. Diam. 33, alt. 37 ; diam. 32, alt, 35 mill. 



Syria; Palest hir. 



Distinguished typically by the heavy, thick shell, coarsely plicate 

 body-whorl, and decussate spire. 



Var. TEXTA Mousson. PL 56, figs. 11, 12. 

 Larger than the type, and rather thinner. 

 Diam. 46, alt, 45 mill : diam. 44, alt. 50 mill. 



Palestine. 



H. PATHETICA (Parreyss) Albers, 1860. PL 63, figs. 49, 50. 



Nearly imperforate, depressed globose, thin, translucent, distinctly 

 striate, white or yellowish- white, with five brown (according to Al- 

 bers, citron yellow) bands, of which the lower are the more conspic- 

 uous ; spire depressed, with blunt, rather large apex ; whorls 4, sep- 

 arated by an impressed, rather irregular suture; body-whorl large, 

 transversely widened, somewhat inflated, rapidly and rather strongly 

 deflected anteriorly; aperture oblique, ovate, shining and white 

 within, and showing the bands ; peristome simple, sharp, straight, 

 labiate with white within ; columella rather straight, scarcely ex- 

 panded, reflected and appressed. Diam. 28, alt. 24 mill. (Kobi'/f;. 



A f<!i i Minor. 



Differs from H. obtiisalis in the white peristome. 



The form above described and figured differs from the species as 

 defined by Albers in being distinctly, instead of " tubtilissime " stri- 

 ate, and in its greater altitude. The measurements given by Albers 

 are: diam. 29, alt. 18 mill. 



H. SOCIA Rossmaessler, 1853. l 



Subumbilicate, depressed-globose, rather thin, obliquely striate, 

 pale fulvous, ornamented with broad interrupted deep chestnut bands; 



