II E L I C I N A. 



Plati XXVII. 



Species 237. (.Mus. Brit.) 



Hklicina liicoi.oii. Ilel. tesid (inyiilii/,1, siibiltpr.sg('i, 

 aureo/atd, suprd et infra ampilum ruhro tcbiiiatd ; 

 spird di'pvesso-conicd ; nltimo anfractu ad aiitjidum 

 acute carinato ; callo ventrali mmjno, tumido, ro- 

 tundo ; co/umelld infra oblique acuminata, ad 

 jnnctiiram siibaculeatd, labia e.rterno lati' vejlexo, 

 medio in angulum acutitm prodnrto ; cnllo lahiiaque 

 ftisco-sanguineis. 



Thic two-coloured Helicixa. Sliell angular, suhde- 

 pressed, golden-coloured, ribanded above and 

 below the anj^le with red ; spire depressed- 

 conical ; last whorl sharply keeled at the angle ; 

 vent ral callus large, tumid, rounded ; columella 

 oblii|uely acuminated, a little aculeated at the 

 juncture, outer lip broadly reflected, ])roduced 

 into a sharp angle in the middle; callus and lips 

 brownish blood-colouv. 



PKEiri-i;i:. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1853. 



Ilab. Tahiti. 



Species IMS. (M„s. I'.rit.) 



Helicisa KosALi.i:. Ilel. teHa depressd, luii/u/atd, 

 aureolatd, ad angulum supra et iiifrit ruhro tcfuiatd : 

 gpird subdepressd, anfractibus conrcxitiscnUn, rari- 

 jxitis : ultimo anfractu medio acutr i-'irinnln. infra 

 cariiiam ronvexo; aperturdfubrhoiidiuiilid, i-c/iii/wll'/ 

 .•:iip,'riii .■^'tibcallosd, infrd cum lahin <\rt,rii<i nnijbh iili: 

 labia e.rterno albo, angii.^ti nfrm, iih/lia aruti' 

 ainpdato. 



Rosalie's IIelicina. Shell depressed, angular, golden, 

 with a riliband of red at the angle al)ove and 

 lielow ; spire rather depressed, whorls a little 

 convr.x, keeled; last whorl sharply keeled in the 

 middle ; convex below the keel ; aperture suli- 

 rhoniboidal, columella rather callus above ; con- 

 fluent with the outer lip ; outer lip white, nar- 

 rowly reflected, sliar])ly angular in the middle. 



I'KLiKFEK. Proc. Zool Soc, 1 SGM. 



I{(d). Philippines. 



Species -239. (Jhis. Brit.) 



Helicina ahl'ana. llcl. testa angulatd, sframiiied, 

 infrd angulum rubro unifasciatd, suprd amjulum 

 spiraliter striata et decussatd ; spird conirA: ultima 

 anfractu infrd aureolato, Icevigato, convexo ad aii;/n- 

 lum acute carinato; columella cum labia externa 

 confluenti ; labia externo superne depresso, ad 

 medium acuminato. 



The Aru Island IIelicina. Shell angular, .straw- 

 coloured, with a single band of red below the 

 angle ; spirally striated and decussated above the 

 angle ; spire conical ; last whorl golden, smooth, 

 convex below, sharply keeled at the angle ; colu- 

 mella confluent with the outer lip; outer lip 

 depressed above, acuminated at the middle. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1859. 



Hab. Aru Lsland. 



Species 240. (M\is. Brit.) 



IIelicina eiitnco.stoma. ILL testa depressd, angulatd, 

 carinatd, stramived, ad aiii/ulum suprd infrdque 

 angusti rubrofasriala : spird ronica, uifractibus 

 plusminusve depri s.-is : ul'iuia aiij'ractn jiaulii injn) 

 medium acutissimi earinalc, infra carinaiii canir.riiis 

 eulo ; callo ventrali albo, parvo, rotunda, ndiiijielld 

 brevissimd ; ajierturd inttis i'ubescenli, la/no cjlerna 

 albo, rejiexo, in ungidinn acutissimum prmhirto. 



The snout-jioutiied Helicina. Shell depressed, angu- 

 lar, keeled, straw-coloured, with a narrow red 

 band at the angle above and below ; spire conical, 

 whorls more or less depressed ; last whorl sharply 

 keeled a little below the middle, rather convex 

 below the keel ; ventral callus white, small, 

 rounded, columella very short ; aperture reddish 

 within, outer li[) white, n-llected, produced into a 

 very sharp angle. 



Shuttleworth ? Sowerliy's Tliesaurus. Helicina, 



sp. 252, figs. 42'.). 43<i. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



