336 Zoological Society, 



apicem singula plumce ; peat ore et corpore inferiore pallida cervino- 

 albis ; plumis pectoris ordine macularum saturate grisearum ad 

 marginem ornatis. 



Upper surface light chestnut-red, all the feathers crossed by broad 

 bars of brownish black and margined with grey, within which are 

 two narrow lines of black and white ; wing- coverts and tertiaries 

 light chestnut-red, crossed by irregular zigzag bars of black, the in- 

 terspaces margined externally with greyish white ; chin and sides of 

 the face white, with a narrow crescent-shaped mark of brown at the 

 tip of each feather ; sides of the breast chestnut, each feather tipped 

 with white, within which is an indistinct mark of deep black ; chest 

 and under surface pale buffy white, the feathers of the chest with a 

 row of dark grey spots on each margin, giving that part a speckled 

 appearance; primaries brown, narrowly edged with white; irides 

 reddish orange ; feet yellow ; bill horn- colour. 



Total length, male, 5 inches ; bill, W ; wing, Z\ ; tarsi, W. Fe- 

 male, 6 inches ; bill, j ; wing, SJ ; tarsi, |. 



Hah. Houtmann's Abrolhos, oif the western coast of Australia. 



Remark. — Like the rest of the genus, the male is much inferior in 

 size to the female. The species is very nearly allied to, but much 

 smaller than, Hemipodius varius. 



" Description of twenty- two new species of Land- Shells, belong- 

 ing to the collection of Mr. H. Cuming," by Dr. L. Pfeiffer : — • 



1. Helix Gruneri, Pfr. Hel. testd umhilicatd, depressd, superri^ 

 planiusculd, minutissim^ punctato-striatd, rufd; anfractibus 5^ 

 sensim crescentibus, planiusculis, ultimo rotundato, antice vix de- 

 fiexo ; umbilico angusto, pervio ; aperturd subverticali, depressd, 

 late lunari; peristomate incrassato, rejlexo, marginihus callo tenui, 

 superne dentem arcuatum, validum, callosumformantejunctis. 



Diam. 38, alt. 18 mill. 



Locality unknown. A beautiful shell, next allied to H. unguicula, 

 De Ferussac, differing by the strong and arcuated tooth on the body 

 pf the penultimate whorl. 



2. Helix Okeniana, Pfr. Hel. testd imperforatd, orbiculari, 

 utrinque convexiusculd, obtuse carinatd, undique regulariter gra^ 

 nulatd, superne fused, basi pallidd ; anfractibus 5^ rotundato^ 

 planatis, ultimo antice deflexo, basi profunde biscrobiculato ; aper- 

 turd subhorizontali, ellipticd, coarctatd ; peristomate carneo-fusco, 

 incrassato, marginihus callo junctis, supero expanse, basali reflexo, 

 tridentato ; dentibus cequidistantihus, 2 minoribus prope columellam, 

 tertio major e superne sulcato. 



Diam. 37, alt. 17 mill. 



Found on the island of Jamaica at Savannah la Mar, by M. Atta- 

 nasio. To be distinguished from H. lucerna, Miill., by having three 

 teeth at the basal margin of the aperture. 



3. Helix neogranatensis, Pfr. Hel. testd imperforatd, depressd, 

 carinatd, tenui, undique minute granulosa, saturate rufd; spird 

 vix elevatd ; anfractibus 4^ planiusculis, ultimo basi convexo, an- 



