HELICmA.— Plate XXX. 



depresso-conica ; ultimo anfractu rotundatim angii- 



lato ; callo ventrali alho, rotunda ; columelld tenu- 



issinu'i ; labia externo teniii, angulato. 

 The MANr-BANDED Helicina. Shell depressed, angular, 



pale, with numerous thin spiral bands ; spire 



depressed-conical ; last whorl roundly angular ; 



ventral callus white, rounded; columella very thin ; 



outer lip thin, angular. 

 Baird. Cruise of the Cumcoa. 

 Hah. South Sea Islands, J. Brenchley, Y&q. 



Species 272. (Mus. Brit.) 



IIei.icina Julii. Hel. testd depresso-subglobosd, pallidi 

 awantid, viridi strigatd, lineis fulvis ornate dis- 

 positis superne et pauld infra medium pictd ; ultimo 

 anfractu rotundatim angulato ; columelld parvd, 

 albd ; labia externo tenui. 



Julius's Helicina. Shell depressed-subglobose ; pale 

 orange, striped with green, painted with fulvous 

 lines arranged ornamentally above and a little 

 below the middle; last whorl roundly angular; 

 columella small, white; outer lip thin. 



Baiud. Cruise of the Cura(;oa. 



Hab. Cockatoo Island, Solomon's Islands, J. Brenchley, 

 Es.|. 



Species 273. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina Brenchleyi. Hel. testd angtdatn, depressd, 

 pallide fulvd, maculis subquadratis ad suturam 

 et super carinam, lineisque fexuosis ornate dispositis 



pictd ; spird depressd ; ultimo anfractu medio 

 carinato, infra carinam fere immaculato ; columelld 

 parvd, redd, rubro-immaculatd ; aperturd angulatd. 



Brenchlet's Helicina. Shell angular, depressed, pale 

 fulvous, painted with red spots at the suture and 

 upon the angle and fle.xuous lines ornamentally 

 arranged ; spire depressed ; last whorl keeled in 

 the middle, almost spotless under the keel ; colu- 

 mella small, straight, with a single red spot ; 

 aperture angular. 



Baip.d. Cruise of the Curagoa. 



Hab. South Sea Islands. 



Species 274. (Mus. Brit.) 



Helicina strigata. Hel. testd parvd, roseo-albd, 

 nitenti, translucidd, subangulatd ; spird depresso- 

 conicd, anfractibus supra angulos lineis rubris, 

 eleganter arcuatis pictis ; ultimo anfractu depresso- 

 angulato, infra anguluni fusco unifasciato, callo 

 ventral i tiimido, subcaruleo. 



The sTRincD Helicina. Shell small, rosy-white, shining, 

 translucid, rather angular; spire depressed-conical, 

 whorls painted with red lines ornamentally ar- 

 ranged ; la.st whorl depressed-angular, with a 

 single soft band below the angle ; ventral callus 

 tumid, bluish. 



Baird. Cruise of the Curaqoa. 



Hab. Upolu, Navigators Island. 



This and the three preceding interesting little species 

 are described and figured in Mr. Brenchley's " Cruise 

 of H.M.S. Curaqoa." 



