72 Zoological Society, 



December 8. — W. H. Lloyd, Esq., in the Chair. 



A paper by G. B. Sowerby, Esq., was read, in which the author 

 continues his descriptions of the new shells collected in the Philip- 

 pine Islands by H. Cuming, Esq. 



Helix Monticula. Hel. testa suborbiculari, subconicd, tenui, pal- 

 lescente, Icevi; spird brevi, subpyramidali, obtusd ; anfractibus 

 quatuor tenerrime {lineis increment!) striatis, depressiusculis, ulti- 

 mo magno, obtusissime angulato, antice depressiusculo, viridi ; aper- 

 turd subtrapeziformi, ungulis posticis acutiusculis ; peritremate 

 angusto, tenuiter reflexo, albo ; columella alba. 

 Long. 0*9 ; lat. 0*9 poll. 



Hab. supra foliis arborum apud Lallo, provinciae Cagayan insulse 

 Luzon, Philippinarum. 



All the varieties of this pretty species are green in front, and the 

 apex appe'ars to be always colourless. The following six varieties 

 occur : — 



a. Yellow above ; circumference orange-yellow ; front green. 

 From Lallo. 



b. Yellow above ; circumference orange-yellow, with a dark brown 

 slightly interrupted band ; green in front. From St. Jaun, in the 

 province of Cagayan. 



c. Yellowish white above, with a narrow dull yellowish green 

 circumferential band ; green in front. From Gattarang, in the pro- 

 vince of Cagayan. 



d. Volutions banded in the following order : band next to the su- 

 ture yellowish white ; then a pale green broader band ; then a yel- 

 lowish white band ; then a dark brown circumferential band, with 

 jagged edges ; then another yellowish white band, and then green in 

 front. From Lallo. 



e. Small ; pale yellowish, with a light band, consisting of short 

 dark brown lines near to the suture ; a dark brown circumferential 

 band ; front dull yellowish green. From St. Jaun. 



/. Antesutural band consisting of irregular dark brown lines ar- 

 ranged side by side ; then a yellowish white band ; then a broad, 

 dark brown, somewhat mottled and interrupted band ; then another 

 yellowish white band, and then the green front. From Abulug, in 

 the province of Cagayan. 



Helix Coccomelos. Hel. testa subglobosd, tenuiusculd, leevi, an- 

 fractibus quatuor rotundatis, lavigatis, striis incrementi solum in- 

 sculptis, ultimo maximo ; aperturd suborbiculari, peritremate re- 

 flexo ; labio columellari albo, declivi, obtuso, depressiusculo. 

 Long. 1-3 ; lat. 1*4 poll. 



Hab. supra foliis arborum ad insulam Tablas dictam Philippinarum. 

 In general this species bears a great resemblance to a plum, for 

 which reason I have called it H. Coccomelos. Several varieties may 

 be distinguished. 



a. Apex dark brownish red, softened off gradually to a pale yellow- 

 green, which becomes gradually darker, until the body of the last 

 volution is of a fine dark green : lip white. 



b. Similar to a, only dark brown instead of green. 



