HELICINA.— Plate XXVI. 



distant striie, vinous-brown, varied above the 

 angle with two rows of red spots ; spire conical ; 

 last whorl sharply keeled, aperture obliquely rather 

 square, outer lip white, reflected, angular in the 

 middle ; ventral callus rounded. 



Reclu/.. Journal de Conchyliologie, 1851. 



Hah. New Caledonia, 



Spec 



(Mus. Brit.) 



(■iNA iiXYi;HiNC.\. H el. testa subcompressd, angu- 

 liihi. (iiireold, temii ; spird depresso-conicd, anfrac- 

 tihns ad suturam carinatis ; ultimo anfractu medio 

 iiciitissime carinato, infrd medium convexo ; aper- 

 tiird rhomboided; labio externa superne convexo, 

 tunc dqn-esso, ad angidum medianuin in procession 

 suhlintjuiforviem extenso. 



SHAiU'-SNOUTED Helicina. Shell subcompressed, 

 angular, golden-tinted, thin ; spire depressed- 

 conical, whorls keeled at the suture ; last whorl 

 veiy sharply keeled in the middle, convex below 

 the middle ; aperture rhomboidal ; outer lip 

 convex, then depressed, extended into a tongue- 

 shaped process at the middle angle. 

 ;sE. Journ. Conch., vol. xi. p. '2ijir. 



Species 233. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina flajimea. Hel. testa minutd. depresso-sub- 

 globosd, fused, lineis nibris undulatis et angidatis 

 vuriegatd, obtusissime angulatd, supra angidum 

 depresso-conicd, infrd angulum convexd ; aperturd 

 semilimari ; labio externo albo, plamdatv, angusto ; 

 columella trigond, parvd. 



'Vuv. I i.AMK Helicina. Shell minute, depressed-sub- 

 L:loliuse, brown, varied with undulating and an- 

 ijular red lines, very obtusely angular, depressed, 

 conical above the angle, convex below ; aperture 

 semilunar, outer lip white, flattened, narrow ; 

 iMJumella trigonal, small. 



',li;ov. Voy. Astro., vol. ii. p. 103, t. 12, f. 1-2. 



//.//.. Island ofToncra. 



Species 234. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina Shanghaensis. Ilel. testd parvd, depressd, 

 angulatd, liitescenti ad angulum et suprd rubra 

 macidatd ; spird depressissimo-conicd ; callo ventrali 

 tenui ; apterturd parvd, angulatd ; labio externo hand 

 reflexo. 



The Sh-anghae Helicina. Shell small, depressed, an- 

 gular, yellowish, spotted with red at the angle 

 and above ; spire depressed-conical ; ventral callus 

 thin ; aperture small, angular ; outer lip not re- 

 flected. 



Pfeiffeu. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855. 



Hab. Royalty Island. 



A pretty little species shaped something like a 



RoteUa. 



Species 235. (Mu.s. Brit. ) 

 I Helicina Reeviana. Hel. testd globosd, spiraliter 

 I striata, purpurascenti, fascid rubrd interruptd ad 



I ynedium anfractuam cinctd ; spird subelevatd, 



j columelld parvd, rectd, labio externo semilunari, 



I albo. 



I Reeve's Helicina. Shell globose, spirally striated, 

 purplish, girt with an interrupted red band in 

 the middle of the whorls ; spire slightly raised, 

 with round whorls ; columella small, straight, 

 I outer lip semilunar, white. 

 j Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1848. 

 Hab. Cuba. 



j Species 236. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina articulata. Hel. testa depresso-angulatd 

 hevigatd, ad medium anfractuumet ad suturam arti- 

 culatum maculatd ; ultimo anfractu medio acute 

 carinato ; callo ventrali magna rotundo ; aperturd 

 subrliomboided, labio externo angulato. 



The articulated Helicina. Shell depressed-angular, 

 smooth, articulately spotted at the middle of the 

 whorls and at the suture ; last whorl sharply 

 keeled in the middle ; ventral callus large, 

 rounded ; aperture rather rhomboidal, outer lip 

 angular. 



Pfeiffek. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1853. 



Hah. New Hebrides. 



