JI E L I C I N A. 



Fig. 11, fig. h. 



IIelicin.v ma.ioi:, Gmij. This varicly luis bpcn named 

 IleUcina iiobilis by t'. B. Adai'ns. It is slightly 

 more Trochifbrni, and the under side of the body 

 whorl is wliite. 



Species IG. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina vi;llti.ma. Ifel. testa fusro-mbtscfuli, s'lpni 

 depresso-coyilcd, infrd leiUiculari, medio auj'iav- 

 luitm rotundatim amjidatd, upertura coinpressd ; 

 lahio extemo subrotundo, rejlexo, siqterni Jlexuosim 

 depresso, infrd inciso-cmanjinalo ; callo venirali 

 teniii, columella in dentem tcrmiiianti. 



The velvet Helicina. Shell brownish rod, de- 

 pressed-conical above, lenticidar beneatli, roundly 

 angular in the middle of the whorls, aperture 

 compressed, outer lip a little rounded, reflected, 

 flexuously depressed above, with an incised notch 

 beneath ; ventral callus tliin, cohiniella ending in 

 a tooth. 



Poet. Memoire des Coquilles de Cuba, ii. p. 35, t. 

 4, f. C, 7. 



llab. Cuba. 



broad, flattened ; apcrturo semilunar, outer lip 



thickened within. 



V. Zool. ofBeechey's Voy., p. 145, pi. 38, f. 2-2. 

 . Haiti. 



Species 17. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina glohosa. llel. testd alba, solidd, globoid; 

 spird mucronatd ; anfractu ultimo vmlricoso, su- 

 pern'e spiraliter striato, infrd Icevigato, post labium 

 internum subumbilicato ; labia iiUciiw latiiisculo, 

 complanato, aperturd sanilunaii, labia externa 

 intils sid>incrassato. 



The GLonosE Helicina. Shell white, solid, globose ; 

 spire mucronate, last whorl ventricose, spirally 

 striated above, smooth bene;ith, slightly umbili- 

 cated behind the inner lip; inner lip rather 



February, 



Species 18. (i\Ius. Brit.) 



IIki.kixa KiiAMiMiosTYLA. ITel. iestd tenui, subdepressd, 

 pallidi icsiofulvd ; anfractibus ad suturam fascia 

 alhi) laliiisndd, tunc fascid ruhrd latd, alterdque 

 patli,/i,,ni .yiiialitcr clnctd, infra rnhn, tiiictd, prope 

 (ip, rtiiram fusco unifasciatd ; aperturd dcpressd, 

 lahio exierno supra Jlexuosim depresso, ulbo, pro- 

 tlui-to, rejlexo, propa columellam inciso-emarginato, 

 callo ventrali rotundo, columelld acute unidentatd. 



The beak-pillahed Helicina. Shell thin, subdepressed, 

 jiale rose-brown ; whorls spirally belted with a 

 white, rather broad band at the suture, then with 

 a bi-oad red band and another paler, stained below 

 with red, with a band of brown near the aper- 

 ture; apertiu'c depressed, outer lip flexuously 

 depressed above, white, produced, reflected, 

 columella ending in a sharp single tooth. 



Pkeikfer. I'roc. Zool. Soc. 185G. 



Jlab. ? 



Species 19. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina ciir.YSosTOMA. Jlel. tcstd trocliiformi, alhd, 

 spiraliter costald ; spird conicd, acuminata, aper- 

 turd intiis vivide aured ; labia externa pallide aureo, 

 retrorsum subexpanso ; columella subtrigord, com- 

 planatd ; cum labio externa antice continuo. 

 TuE GOLD-MOUTHED Helicina. Shell troohiform, light, 

 white, spirally ribbed ; spire conical, acuminated, 

 aperture blight golden within ; outer lip pale 

 golden, expanded backwards ; columella subti'i- 

 gonal, continuous with the outer lip. 



1873. 



