li E L I C I N A. 



?pocics 27'). (Mns. Crosso.) 

 IIki.icina MiTTociiKii.A. IIcl. tcnli'i pam'i, suh;/lohosd, 

 sniidd, albd ; spird hrcri, anfractibun convexiiisculif, 

 apicalihus ininutis ; ultimo anfradu magna, dccliri, 

 medio ohtusissime angxil<do; apcrturd pared, ohliqiid, 

 subcoarctatd ; labia externo aiujusto, rejlexo, 

 sanguineo; colunuUdparvd, subtrigond, callo ventrali 

 lata, crasso, sanguineo. 



ThK KED-MAKGINED HeLICINA. Slioll SllKlll, SubgloboSO, 



solid, white; spire short, whorls rathc-r convex, 

 tho apical ones uiiiiulc ; last whorl largo, sloped, 

 obtusely angular in the middle ; ai)crturo small, 

 oblique, rather contracted ; outer lip narrow, 

 reflected, blood-red ; columella small, subtrigoiial, 

 ventral callus broad, thick, blood-red. 



CiiossK. Journ. de Conch., 1«71, p. 07, PI. II., f. .'). 



Ilab. Pacific. 



Species 270. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Hrit.) 

 Helicina notata. Ih'l. tcstd globosa-conicd, pallidimm!: 

 fulvd vel Jlavidd, solidiusculd : spird acvminatd, 

 anfractu peiiultimo macula rotunda nolato ; labia 

 externa rt'Jlexo, columelld trigond, pared; calla 

 ventrali incuuspinio. 

 TuE marked IIki.icina. Shell globose-conical, pale 

 fulvous or yellowish, rather solid ; spire acuminated, 

 last whorl marked with a round spot ; outer lip 

 reflected, columella trigonal, small ; ventral callus 

 inconspicuous. 

 Sallk. Proc. Zool. Soc, l&oO. 

 Ilab. Me.xico. 



The distinctive description of this species has been 

 inadvertently left incomplete in the Thesaurus Mono- 

 graph, the sentence being cut short without mentioning 

 the peculiar round spot seen in every specimen, on 

 the penultimate whorl. 



intcrriiptd mrdio nnfr 



Species 277. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 

 Helicina crNGtji.ATA. Ilel. testd globosa-subdepressd, 

 spiraliter striata, albidd, vel subrosed, lined rubrd 



•dnh 



/iri'sais 



/Hilda 



ruhro, 



aciibus 

 nhtuKa : 

 I undo ■ 



apcrtiini inliis aurantid ; labia extenii, 

 cahiinilld pared, rectillsculd, albd. 



TiiK nEi/iKi) Helicina. Shell globose-subdeprcssed, 

 spirally striated, whitish, or rather pinky, girt 

 with a red interrupted line in the middle of the 

 whorls ; whorls rather depressed, rounded, apex 

 red, obtuse ; aperture orange within ; outer lip 

 rounded ; columella small, rather straight, white. 



(iuAY. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1852. 



//ab. Haiti. 



nil ta-iiid 

 ■diuin Jbui 



(Fig. a, b, Mus. Crosse.) 

 (7. tesid glubasa-depirssd, teiiut, 

 , paltide r.w,,!, iiijhl mallnm 

 i,/ii!<ld rubrd, spirali fiurtd, 

 iilif: uiJiculiscpie irreyularibus 



>d; anfractibus ajigvsli.t ; 



■'"1" 



rubr 



ultima aiij'nirtu olisrurissime angulato; aperturA 



subrhanibtiidtd ; labia externa reflexa, planatv, callo 



ventrali lata, a-assiusr.tila, Jlavido. 



TuE JOYOUS Helicina. Shell globose-depressed, thin, 

 spirally striated, pale pink, girt with a narrow red 

 spiral band below the middle of the whorls, 

 ornamented with irregular red flames and spots 

 above the middle ; spire depressed ; whorls narrow ; 

 last whorl very obscurely angular ; aperture sub- 

 rhomboidal ; outer liji reflected, flattened, ventral 

 callus broad, rather thick, yellowish. 



ClJOSSE. Journal de Conchyliologie, 1870, p. 240, 187*'. 

 PL VI., fig. 5. 



Ilab. Mount Mori, New Caledonia. 



Much more compressed than the preceding species. 



Species 279. (Mus. Crosse.) 

 Helicina benigna. Hel. testd compressd, tenui, leevi- 

 gatd, sub lenti minutissime decussatd patescenti, 

 pallide fulvd ; aperturd intils fasco-rubrd, columelld 



February, 1874. 



