HELIX. 199 



figures are said by Deshayes to be indefinite, the benefit 

 of the uncertainty is given to Mr. Say's name. 



I have seen specimens of this shell -which were said to 

 be brought from one of the West India islands. It is 

 very probable that this, as well as other species, is com- 

 mon both to the peninsula of Florida and the nearest 

 islands of the Gulf of Mexico. 



45. HELIX LEPORINA, GoULD. 

 Plate XL. a. Figure 1. 



H. testa parva, lenticular!, rufo-cornea, pilosiuscula, levi- 

 ter striata, vix perforata ; spira depressa, anfractibus quinis 

 convexiusculis, ultimo superne subangulato ; apertura lu- 

 nata, labro incumbente, reflexo, roseo, dentibus duobus sinu 

 disjunctis instructo ; lamella columellari obliqua, erecta, 

 acuta, rectangulari, callo linear! superne ad angulum aper- 

 turse juncta. 



SYNONYMS AND KEFEKENCES. 



Helix lepori7ia, Gould, Proc. Post. Soc. Nat. Hist. HL 39, anno 1848. 

 DESCRIPTION. 



Shell small, depressed, orbicular, thin, reddish horn- 

 color, delicately striated, and when fresh, having a deli- 

 cate down on its surface. Spire depressed, composed of 

 five slightly convex whorls, the last of which is obtusely 

 angular at its upper portion. The base is convex, exca- 

 vated at the umbilical region, with a minute perforation. 

 Aperture lunate, the lip incumbent, rose-colored, re- 

 flexed, bearing on its inner edge two expanded teeth 



