IIKLICINA.— Plate XXV] 



bpi'Cies 



>41. 



Mus. Brit. 



MiiLK'iNA CARlNii'EUA. Ihl. tcstd dcfressd, anrjulatd, 

 Ktramined, spiraUter striata ; spird depresso- 

 cnnii-d, anfraclihus vie convexis ; tiltimo anfractii 

 medin acute car/iiato, infra medium convexo; aper- 

 turd subquadmtd ; labio externa reflexu, plamdato 

 infra et supra angulum convexiilsculo. 



The keel-beauinc. Helicina. Shell depressed, angular, 

 straw-coloured, spirally striated ; spire depressed, 

 <-oiiifal, whorls scarcely convex ; last whorl sharply 

 keeled in the middle, convex below the keel ; aper- 

 ture sub(piadrate; outer lip reflected, flattened, 

 rather convex above and below the angle. 



Okbiony. Voy. Amer. Merid. 



Helicina Fischeriana, Montrouzier. 



Ifnl). Woodlark Island. 



Species 242. 



Helicina Ghie.sbp.igiiti. Hel. testa depressd, augidatd, 

 stramined ; spiraUter striata ; spird depressd, sub- 

 conicA; anfrartihus c<mvexiusculis, ultimo anfractu, 

 medio acute carinatu, infra medium convexo ; callo 

 rentrali parvo, rotunda : columelld brevissimd : labio 

 externo refiexo, planulaio, medio suhrostrato. 



Ghiesbright's Helicina. Shell depressed, angular, 

 straw-coloured ; spirally striated ; spire depressed, 

 rather conical ; whorls rather convex, last whorl 

 -sharply keeled in the middle, convex below the 

 middle; ventral callus small, round; columella 

 very short ; outer lip reflected, flattened. 



Pfeiki-ei;. Proc. Zool. Sec, IS.jC. 



Hail, (-'hiape. 



-suture with red ; spire conical, whorls rather con- 

 ve.t ; last whorl keeled, convex below the keel ; 

 columella small, trigonal ; outer lip white, re- 

 flected, flattened. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18.^6. 



Ifab. Brazil. 



This is another of tlie large angular species which 

 show a convexity in the whorls, and particularly at the 

 lower part of the last whorl. 



Species 244. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina tecta. Hel. testa mbdepressd, angulatd, 

 spiraUter striatd, acutissime carinatd, ad suturam 

 et ad carinam, atque suprd et infra, maculis regu- 

 laribus vioidi: rabris seriatim ornatd ; spird conicd, 

 anfractibus vix convexis, tdtimo anfractu infra, con- 

 vexo ; labia externo al'oo, refiexo. 



The hoofed Helicina. Shell rather depressed, angular, 

 spirally striated, very acutely keeled, ornamented 

 at the suture and at the keel above and below 

 with regular rows of bright red spots ; spire coni- 

 cal, whorls scarcely convex ; outer lip white, 

 reflected. 



SowERBY. Thesaurus Couchyliorum. Helicina, sp. 250, 

 fig. 434. 



Hab. .' 



Sp( 



245. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Species 213. (.Mub. Brit.) 



Helicina Beskii. Hd. testa depressd, angulatd, spi- 

 raUter striatd, stramined, ad suturam rvbro nni- 

 fmciatd ; spird conicd, anfractibus conrcxiiisculis ; 

 ultimo anfractu carinato, infra angulum convexo ; 

 cdlumelld parvd, trigond ; labio externo albo, refiexo, 

 plamdato. 



Beski's Helicina, Shell depressed, angular, s|)irally 

 striated, straw-coloured, single banded at the 



Helicina solidula. Hel. testd crassd, angulato-sub- 

 globosd, luted vel purpurea, callo et aperturd luteis ; 

 spird convexo-conicd, ultimo anfractu obtuse cari- 

 nato ; callo ventrali rotunda, labio externo incdio 

 angulatim produclo, infra angulum sinuato. 



The solid little Helicina. Shell thick, angularly- 

 subglobose, yellow or purple, callus and aperture 

 yellow ; spire convex-conical ; last whorl obtusely 

 keeled ; ventral callus rounded, outer lip angu- 

 larly produced in the middle, sinuated below the 

 angle. 



Grat. Zoology of Beechy's Voyage, p. 146. 



Hab. Marquesas. 



