II E L 1 C I N A. 



Species 207. (Mus. ' C'. 



Helicixa oxytuopis. lid. testii trorhiformi, urate 

 carinati'), patlidd ; spird conici'i, elcniia, iiiifriicti- 

 bus ad suturain cannatis ; aperliin'i nculi- oininhitd ; 

 labia Mtenio albo, angusto, pl<ni>il<itu . i;,/iimi /Id 

 rotundd, cum labia externa roDjhtcnli, aillo nntruli 

 planulata. 



The SHAitr-KORMEi) IIelicina. Shell trochiforni, 

 sharply keeled, pale, spire conical, elevated, 

 whorls keeled at the suture ; ajicrture sharply 

 angular ; outer lip white, narrow, flattened ; 

 columella rounded, confluent with tlie outer lip, 

 ventral callus flattened. 



Gr.\y. Beechy's Apjiendi.x. 



HeUcina oxystoma, Sowerby, Thcs., first nuinoa-rajih. 



Hab. Bahia. 



Species 20S. (Fig. a, h. Mus. Brit.) 



IIki.hjixa I.A7.AIU-S. lid. testd dipiefso-ronlrd. fiix 

 siibtus nibplanulatd ; spird canre.ro-ivnic'i , ( 

 Jractibus anrpjstis ; tiUima anfrartv obtii.ir <iiii/ii/<i 

 depresso ; labia externa superne dej)rc.<.<ii, ina 

 subpraducto ; columelld brevi. 



The beogar Helicina. Shell dcpresscd-conical. Urdw 

 rather flattened beneath ; spire conve.x-conic; 

 whorls narrow ; last whorl obtusely angul; 

 depressed ; outer lip depressed above, produced 

 the middle ; columella short. 



Soweuby. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842. 



Hab. Philippines. 



Species 209. (Fig a, b, Mus. Sowerby, &c.) 



Helicina cauocolla. Jlel. testd depressd, acntissiiite 

 angulatA, aureolata vel jmrpured ; spird de]iressd ; 

 ultimo anfractu magna, medio aaile r.arinalv ; 

 aperturd angulata ; callo columellari alba, rotnndd ; 

 calumelld cum labia externa canfluenti ; labia externa 

 lata, plamdato, supeme depresso, medio in angiilnm 

 acutiim acclicem producta. 



The cauocolla Helicina. Shell depressed, very 

 sharply angular, golden or purple ; spire de- 

 pressed ; last wliorl large, middle sharply keeled ; 

 aperture angular ; columellar callus white, 

 rounded ; columella confluent with the outer lip ; 

 outer lip broad, flattened, depressed above, j)ro- 

 duced in the middle into a shai-p upturned angle. 



MoiuCAND. Mem. Gen. VIII. p. 444. 



Hab. Brazil. 



The peculiarly broad, flattened oiUer lip with its 



upturned angle, distinguishes this from the other 



species of the dejiressed f'urm. 



Species 210. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Helici.na -Jdsei-iiin.e. Hcl. testd trochiformi, teuni, 

 lutescenti, siiperne macvlis sitbviridis, flainmeatis 

 variegatd ; spird conicd, acuminatd, anfractibus 

 scabridsc.ulis, ad suluram carinatis ; ultimo an- 

 fructii iii/rd medium subplaniilatis, ad medium 

 cariiid acHli; sen-atd riiieta : aperturd trigond ; 

 labia externa subreJle.Ta, planulata, superni declivi. 



Josephine's Helicina. Shell trochiforni, thin, yellowish, 

 variegated above with greenish flame-shaped 

 spots ; spire conical, acuminated, wliorls r.irlier 

 scabrous keeled at the suture ; last whorl a little 

 flattened below the middle, girt in the middle with 

 an acutely serrated keel ; aperture trigonal ; outer 

 lip slightly reflected, flattened, sloped above. 



C. B. Adams. Contributions to Conchology, ji. 27. 



Hab. Jamaica. 



.Species 211. (.Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina constellata. Hel. testd trochiformi, ■■scabrd, 

 stramined, supeme rubra niaculatd ; spird conicd, 

 elevatd, an/ractibiis carina serratd, acutissinid, 

 maryinati.'s. p, iiiittinm cm-ind e.vsertd ; aperturd 

 parvd, angiiliiti't ; lutiio e.rterno alba, rej/exo. ad 

 medium acutissiiuc augulatu. 



The constellated Helicina. Shell trochiforni, 

 scabrous, straw-coloured, red-spotted above : 

 spire conical, elevated, whorls bordered with a 



December, 1873. 



