HELICINA.— Plate XXIV. 



serrated very sharp keel, the last but oiil- with the 

 keel exserted ; aperture small, angular ; outer lip 

 white, reflected, very acutely angular in the 

 nud.lle. 



JIoi;elet. Kevue Zoologi(jue, 1847. 



Ihlkina payoda, Velasquez. 



Hah. ? 



This species has the upper whorls more exserted 



than those of Helicina stellnta, so that the serrated 



keel is raised above the suture. 



Species 212. (Mus. Brit.) 



HtLiciKA FuscuLA. IM. tcstd parvd, pyraiiiidata, Iwvi, 

 fused, castaneo superne hifasciatd ; spird elevatd, 

 anfractibus convexiilsculin, apice sub coBndeo ; 

 ultimo anfraclii infra mcdimn obiusissimi: carinato 

 bdsi subplanulato ; aperturd parvd, triijond, labio 

 c.rlerno albo, angusto, infrd medium angulato. 



Tju- little BiiOWN Helicina. Shell small, pyramidal, 

 smooth, brown, with two chestnut bands above ; 

 si)ire elevated, whorls a little convex, apex 

 bluish ; last whorl very obtusely keeled below 

 the centre, rather flattened at the base ; apertnre 

 small, trigonal, outer lip white, narrow, angular 

 below the centre. 



GuNDLACii ? Thesaurus Conchylirtrum. Helicina, 



sp. 90, f. 465,6. 



Uah. (_'uba. 



.'Species 213. (]\Ius. Brit.) 



Helicina erythrjea. Hel. testa parvd acuminatd, 

 pyraruidatd, Icevigatd, fused ; spird perdevaid, an- 

 fraeiihus nuperne intnise fiiwatis ; ultimo anfractv 

 ii/fn'i medium olitHsis&i/Ke nngultito ;~ aperturd 

 purva. 



The iioLDEN- Helicina. Shell small, acuminated, 

 jiyramidal, smooth, brown ; spire much elevated, 

 whorls strongly browned above ; last whorl very 

 :ir bilow tlie middle ; aperture 



Species 214. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina alboviridis. Hcl. testa parvd, pyramidald, 

 albd, viridi umfasciatd ; spird elevatd, acuminatd, 

 apice viridi ; ultimo anfractu rotundaio ; labio 

 externo alhido, leviter refexo, angulato. 



The white-green Helicina. Shell smaU, piyramidal, 

 white, single-banded with green ; spire elevated, 

 acuminated, apex green ; last whorl rounded ; 

 outer lip white, slightly reflected, angular. 



Wright ? Sowerby's Thesaurus. Helicina, sp. 96. 



Hnh. Cul>a. 



Species 215. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina rarva. lid. testa minutd, depresso-sub- 

 globosd leiiui, aureolato; spird parvd; ultimo an- 

 fractu ventricoso ; columelld parvd, albd ; labio ex- 

 terno rejlexo, planulato. 



TuE small Helicina. Shell very small, depressed-sub- 

 globose, thin, golden ; spire small ; last whorl 

 ventrioose ; columella small, white ; outer lip 

 reflected, flattened. 



SoWERBY. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842. 



Hah. Philippines. 



Species 21(1. (Mus. Brit.) 



olituselv 



Wi:ii;iiT ? Sowerby's Thesaurus. Helicina, 



'.15, tig. 461, 4G2, 463. 

 Ihlicina rubella, Wright (var.). 

 JJah. Cuba. 



Helicina .stellata. Hel. testd depresso-trochiformi, 

 I superne yranosd stramined ; xpird tuiritd, an- 



fractibus serrato-carinatis, superne rubra maculatis ; 



ultimo anfractu infra carinam jAanulato, rubra 

 I unifasciato ; aperturd angulatd, depressd, parvd ; 



I labio externn superne depressn medio angulatim 



\ prochixto. 



I The stellated Helicina. Shell depressed-trochiform, 



granose above, straw-coloured ; spire turreted ; 



whorls with a serrated keel, spotted with red 

 I above ; last whorl flattened beneath the keel, 



] having a single red band ; aperture angular ; 



depressed, small ; outer lip depressed above, pro- 

 i duced into an angle at the centre. 

 ; Velasijcez ? Jay's Catalogue. Thes. Conch., 



sp. 26«, f. 451. 

 Hab. ? 



