214 HELIX. 



H. VOTIVA, Crosse. PL 49, figs. 4, 5. 



Narrowly umbilicated, subtranslucent, a little shining, thinly, 

 subobliquely striate, yellowish straw color, with two dark chestnut 

 bands on the penultimate, three on the last whorl ; whorls 4, rather 

 flattened, the last anteriorly descending, scarcely angulated at the 

 periphery ; aperture whitish, showing the bands, peristome white, 

 the extremities closely approaching. Diam. 26 mill. 



Madagascar. 



H. CANESCENS, Ads. and Keeve. PL 50, figs. 39-41, 



Sub covered perforate, somewhat solid, striate, obsoletely decus- 

 sated, greyish white, with a median corneous-pellucid spiral line, or 

 several interrupted lines and bands of rnaculations, apex corneous; 

 whorls 5, the last gradually descending in front; aperture bluish, 

 peristome acute, sublabiate within, columellar margin oblique, 

 callously tuberculated. Diam. 20 mill. 



Africa. 



The rather indefinite locality has not been verified; the figure 

 and description given by Reeve (fig. 41.) are suspiciously close to 

 the Western American group to which belong H. Icevis, H. Veatchi 

 and H. Pandorce\ Kuster's figures (figs. 39, 40) appear very 

 different. 



Australian Species. 

 H. L.ESA, Reeve. PL 49, fig. 15. 



4L 



Narrowly umbilicated, plicate-striate and minutely granulated, 

 livid greenish, purple-tinted ; whorls 5-6, convex, the last a little 

 deflected in front; lip expanded, reflected, widely dilated at the 

 umbilicus. Diam. 25 mill. 



Hunter River, Australia. 



H. EXPEDITIONS, Cox. PL 49, fig. 19. 



Umbilicated, thin, transparent, yellowish brown, shining, rudely 

 striated; whorls 51-6, the last large, inflated, descending in front; 

 aperture pale violaceous, peristome simple, white. Diam. 26 mill. 



Tropical Australia. 



H. FUNICULATA, Pfr. PL 49, fig. 16. 



Moderately umbilicated, thin, rugosely granulated, a little shin- 

 ing, chestnut color, with a peripheral white band, suture subchan- 



