HELICINA.— Plate VII. 



conical above, convex beneath, sharply carinated 

 in the middle, golden, with a single red line below 

 the keel, or purple, obliquely striped, ornamented 

 with red spots at the suture and keel ; columella 

 small, produced into q shurp spire; outer lip white, 

 reflected, angular and produced in the middle. 



Pkeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855. 



Hah. Solomon's Isle. 



Both varieties of this species are very beautiful 



Species 5G. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Helicisa sua vis. //('/. test'/ coined, medio caritmfd, 

 infra carinam coinpresso-conve.rd ; aiired, ad sii- 

 tvram carinamqiie macvlis parvis rnbris, infra 

 carinam lined rubra noUitd, vel purpured superne 

 rubra reticulata ; aperturd medio infrnque angii- 

 latd. 



The pleasant Helicina. Shell conical, keeled in the 

 middle, compressed-convex below the keel; golden, 

 marked at the suture and keel with small red spots, 

 below the keel with a red line, or purple reticulated 

 above with red ; aperture angular above and 

 beneath. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc, 185G. 



Ilab. Admiralty Island. 



One of the prettiest of the species, more elevated and 

 less compressed than the preceding, and without a spire 

 at the lower ande of the mouth. 



Species 57. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina angulata. Jlel. tcstd compi-esM, supcnu; 

 obtuse conicd, infra leniiculari, medio carinatd, 

 vmnino fulvescenti, supra et paulo infrd carinam 

 strifjis parvis notald ; columella paulo arcuatd, 

 infra spiniferd ; labio externa medio atigvlato. 



The anculak Helicina. Shell compressed, obtusely 

 conical above, lenticular beneath, keeled in the 

 middle, all over brownish, above and a little under 

 the keel marked with small stripes ; columella a 

 little arched, spiniferous beneath ; uuter lip angular 

 in the middle. 



SowEEBY. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, sp. 245, fig. 414. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Species 58. (JIus. Brit.) 



Helicina suturalis. TTel. testa compressd, lenticu- 

 lari, pallide luted, medio acute carinatd, supra, 

 carinam rubra obliqu'e strigato ; aperturd acute 

 arigiilatd, labio externo acuta. 



The sutural Helicina. Shell compressed, lenticular, 

 pale yellow, sharply keeled in the middle, obliquely 

 striped with red above the keel ; aperture sharply 

 angular, outer lip sharp. 



Martens. Berlin Academy, 1804. 



Hah. Amboyna, Ceram. 



This little lenticular shell appears to be fidl-grown, 

 but has no signs of thickening or reilexion in the outer 

 lip. 



