IIELICINA.— Plate II. 



coloured, or with two broad bands of reddish- 

 brown, and a red line in the middle ; inner lip 

 toothed at the end ; outer lip broad, thick, toothed 

 at the middle, notched at the juncture. 



AIoEELET. Testacea Nov. 



Hab. Cuba. 



Species 14. (Fig. a, and fig. h, PI. IIL, Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina major. Hel. testd suhrotundd, Icevigatd, ruhni, 

 infrd, albidd ; spird conicd ; aperturd semilunari., 

 labia interna alba, callosa ; labia externa subcovi- 

 planato, alba, adjuncturam leviter emarginato. 



The larger Helicina. Shell rather rounded, smooth, 

 red, whitish below ; spire conical ; aperture semi- 

 lunar, inner lip white, callous; outer lip rather 

 flattened, white, slightly notched at the juncture. 



Gray. Zool. Journ., vol. i. p. 68, pi. 6, f. 10. 



Helicina Gossd (var. ), Pf'eiffer. 



Helicina nobilis (var.), C. B. Adams. 



Hah. Jamaica. 



With the general form and appearance of //. Brvwnii. 



this species is larger, and instead of an incised notch it 

 is only slightly emarginated at the juncture of the two 

 lips. 



Species 15. (JIus. Cuming in Brit.) 



Helicina pulcherrima. Hel. depressa-svbmlunJd, liiteo- 

 fuscd, leviter rugatd, media rubra unilineatd ; spird 

 obtusd, subratundd ; labia externa albido, superne 

 subcantracta ; ad medium subpraducto ; ad junc- 

 turam emarginata. 



The vert beautiful Helicina. Shell rather rounded, 

 depressed, yellowish-brown, slightly wrinkled, 

 with a single red line in the centre ; spire obtuse, 

 a little rounded, outer lip whitish, a little contracted 

 above, a little produced in the middle ; notched at 

 the juncture. 



Lea. Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. v., pi. 19, f. 57. 



Helicina crassa, D'Orbigny. 



Hab. Cuba. 



Tlie surface is sometimes covered by a slightly hairy 

 epidermis. 



