HELICINA.— Plate XVII. 



The CORDILLERAS Helicina. Shell depressed-sub- 

 trochiform, reddisli or pale fulvous, spirally girt 

 with thinner red lines in the middle of the 

 whorls; last whorl wide, depressed; aperture 

 sometimes golden; outer lip expanded, white, 

 reflected. 



Salle. Proc. Zool. Soc., 185G. 



Hob. Mexico. 



It may be known by the depressed form of the last 

 whorl. Having inadvertently filled up the plate, we 

 are obliged to defer the banded variety to Plate 

 XIX. 



Species 152. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina Funckii. Eel. testd subdepressd, lavigatd, 

 superne rubro-maculatd, infra aured, medio anfractus 

 ultimi angulatd ; spird depresso-conicd ; lahio 

 externa alio, expanso, reflexo, medio angulato. 



Funck's Helix. Shell subdepressed, smooth, spotted 

 above with red, golden beneath, angular in the 

 middle of the last whorl ; spire depressed- conical ; 



outer lip white, expanded, reflected, angular in the 



middle. 

 Pfeiffeu. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1848. 

 Helicina purpureo-Jlava, Morelet. 

 Hab. New Granada. 



The colouring on the upper part of the shell presents 

 a contrast to that on the lower part. 



Species 153. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina polychroa. Hel. testd parvd, globosd, aured, 

 in medio anfractuum et supra columellam spiraliter 

 ruhro lineatd ; spird convexo-conica ; aperturd 

 parvd, suhtrigond ; columelld minutd, trigond, labia 

 externa angiisto, albo, reflexo. 



The many-coloured Helicina. Shell small, globose, 

 golden, spirally red-lined in the middle of the 

 whorls and above the columella ; spire convex- 

 conical ; aperture small, subtrigonal ; columella 

 minute, trigonal, outer lip narrow, white reflected. 



Pfeiffer. MS. Cum. Col. 



Hab. Cuba. 



