134 ZONITES. 



Genus ZONITES, Montfort, 1810. 

 Subgenus ZONITES (typical). 



Z. ALGIRUS, Linn. PL 44, fig. 66. 



Widely umbilicated, the periphery obsoletely angulated, very 

 minutely granularly decussated above ; epidermis yellowish 

 corneous, deciduously rayed, base smooth and shining ; whorls 

 (5, the earlier ones flattened, the body-whorl more rounded. 



Diam. 45 mill. 



Southern France, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily. 



Some authors have preferred the rather objectionable name of 

 Z. oculus-capri, Miiller, because of some doubt as to the deter- 

 mination of the Linnean species. Other S3 r nonyms are Helix 

 Lusitanica, Linn., and H. segophthalmos, Gmel. 



Z. VERTICILLUS, Fer. PL 44, figs. 67-70. 



Widely umbilicated, peripheiy obsolete!}' angulated, very mi- 

 nutely decussated above, smooth and shining below; epidermis 

 light greenish yellow, or brownish yellow, with olivaceous or 

 darker brown occasional strigations. Diam. 33 mill. 



Southern Austrian Provinces. 



Smaller, and more globose than the preceding species. 



The synonyms are H. lapidicola, Muhlf. ; H. algira, Brumati. 

 Dr. Bottger has described a var. Corcyrensis, from Corfu; it has 

 5^ whorls instead of 6 or 7, more distinctly granulated above, 

 periphery more widely angulated. Diam. 29 mill. I also figure 

 a var. Grxca, Kobelt (fig. 68), from the Morea. The same 

 author has described a var. Euboeica (figs. 69, 70), from Mt. 

 Delphi ; the periphery distinctly carinated. 



Z. ALBANICUS, Ziegler. PL 44, figs. 71, 72 ; PL 45, fig. 79. 



Widely umbilicated, somewhat discoidal, periphery slightly 

 angulated, smooth and shining below, minutely granularly decus- 

 sated and light yellowish brown above, more 3 r ellowish below, 

 with a narrow white peripheral band. Diam. 37 mill. 



Albania, Dalmatia. 



A variety Dinara, Stentz, has been mentioned but not de- 

 scribed; Kobelt has described and figured a var. Grseca (fig. 72), 



