HELICINA.— Plate X. 



yellowish, variously banded and spotted with red ; 



spire subdepressed-conical ; last whorl ventricose, 



rounded, outer lip thin, depressed above, produced 



and expanded in the middle. 

 Pfeiffer. Weigman's Archives, 1839. 

 Helicina variegata, Orbigny. 

 Helicina ornata ? Sowerby. 

 Hob. Cuba. 



Species 82. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina ampliata. Hel. testd suhgloboso-conicd, 

 albiild, ad aperturam pallide aured, vel fascid 

 rtibrd unicd pi:td ; aperturd subtrigond, columeltd 

 pan-d, subplanulatd ; labia externa siiperne depresso 

 et contracto, media jjlamdato, in linguam producta. 



The full Helicina. Shell subglobose-conical, whitish, 

 pale golden at the aperture, or painted with a 

 single red band ; aperture subtrigonal, columella 

 small, rather flattened ; outer lip depressed and 

 contracted above, flattened in the middle, produced 

 into a tongue. 



C. B. Ad.ams. Contributions to Conchology, n. 7, p. 101. 



Hab. Jamaica. 



This species exhibits, in an exaggerated form, the 

 peculiar tightening above and production in the middle 

 of the outer lip which is in a lesser degi-ee characteristic 

 of Helicina adspersa and some others. 



Species 83. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina bellula. Hel. testd parvd, subglobosd, 

 luted, varie rubro-fasciatd ; spird elevatd, anjrac- 

 tibus apicalibus parvis, penultimo tumidiusculo, 

 ultimo rattindo ; aperturd subtrigond, labia externa 

 supra medium sinuatim praducto, medio tenuiter 

 refexo. 



The handsome little Helicina. Shell small, sub- 

 globose, yellow, variously banded with red ; spire 

 elevated, apical whorls small, the penultimate 

 rather tumid, last rounded ; aperture subtrigonal, 

 outer lip sinuously produced above the centre, 

 thinly reflected in the middle. 



GcNDLACH. Pfeiffer Malak. Bl. VI., 1859. 



Helicina sutiiralis (var.) Gundlach. 



Helicina perispherica ? (var.) 



Helicina Yungnensis ? (var.) 



Hab. Cuba. 



Species 84. (Pig. a, h, c, Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina convexa. Hel. testd siibglobosd, depressd, 

 utriiique siiMenticulari, crassd, luted vel albd, 

 fasciis maculisque variegatd ; aperturd subdepressd, 

 labia externa subrotundo, augusta, media paulo jivo- 

 ducto. 



The convex Helicina. Shell subglobose, depressed, 

 rather lenticular on both sides, thick, yellow or 

 white, variegated with bands and spots ; aperture 

 rather depressed, outer hp rather rounded, narrow, 

 middle a little produced. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1848. 



Hab. Bermuda. 



Species 85. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina t^niata. Hel. testd depresso-conicd, temii, 

 luted, superne rubra unifasciatd ; spird subdepressd, 

 anfractibus imrvis ; ultima anfractu infra lenticu- 

 lari ; aperturd subtrigond ; labia externa paulo 

 rcjlexo. 



The r.iBBONED Helicina. Shell depressed-conical, thin, 

 yellow, single red-banded above ; spire sub- 

 depressed, whorls small; last wlmrl lenticular 

 below ; aperture subtrigonal ; outer lip a little 

 reflected. 



QuoY. Voyage de I'AstroIabe, Zool. II. p. 194. 



Hab. Nanikoro. 



Much liiihter and less convex than Helicina conrexa. 



Species 8G. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina kepanda. Hel. testa parvd, crassd, dcpresso- 

 subglobosd, luted, rubra unifasciatd ; spird depresso- 

 convexd obtusd, anfractibus parvis, ultima anfractu 

 subtics rotundatim calloso ; aperturd subtrigond, labia 

 externa superne depresso, medio praducto, infra 

 prope ju nclurani emarginato. 



The bowed Helicina. Shell small, thick, depressed- 

 subglobose, yellow, single-banded with red ; spire 

 depressed convex, obtuse, whorls small, last whorl 

 roundly callous beneath ; aperture subtrigonal, 

 outer lip depressed above, produced in the middle, 

 emarginated below near the junction. 



Pfeiffek. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855. 



Hab. ? 



The lower lip recedes peculiarly at its juncti 

 the columella. 



with 



