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DESCRIPTION OP A NEW SPECIES OF HELIX. 



BY GEORGE W. TRYOX, JR. 



Helix Bridgesi, Tryon.— t. 20, iigs. 9-11. 



Description. — Discoidal ; whorls 4, rather convex, striate, 

 spire not elevated, sviture deeply impressed ; umbilicus wide 

 and rather deep ; aperture oval, small ; lip not expanded. 

 Light horn-color, with revolving brown bands, a narrow 

 and then a broader one above the periphery, and three equi- 

 distant below it, the one nearest the umbilicus indistinct. 



Dimensions. — Diameter 9, height 3 mill. 



Habitat. — Nicaragua, (Bridges.) 



My Cabinet. 



Observations. — I can find no species with which this is very 

 closely allied, except ITelix Chiapensis^ which is, however, 

 differently banded, and has a norrower umbilicus. Several 

 other species of land and fluviatile shells, brought from Nica- 

 ragua by the late lamented Bridges, remain to be determined, 

 and some of them will probably prove to be new. 



