HELIX. 



Plate II. 



Species 5. (Kg. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix sahcinosa. Eel. testa imperforatd, ovato-globoad, 

 nublcevigald, absque nitore, coloribus varid, nunc vires- 

 cente out bruniied, nuncJlavo-brurmed,fascidfusco-rubrd 

 medio ciiiyidatd, epidertnide varid ; spird late conoidea, 

 apice obtusd ; anfractibus quinque, convexiusculis, ultimo 

 magno, inflato, iuterdum obsolete angulato ; cohimelld 

 rosed, subrectd, ban intortd, subtrmicatd ; aperturd 

 lunato-subovali, intus tiitide lacted ; peristomate vio- 

 Imcente-rubro, expanso, rejlexiiisculo, marginibus callo 

 tenui, nitido, introrsum diJfuso,ju>ictis. 



The burdensome Helix. Shell imperforated, ovately 

 fllobose, nearly smootli, without glitter, various in 

 colour, sometimes greeuisli or brownish, sometimes 

 yellottish-brown, encircled round the middle ivith a 

 l)rowii-red band, epidermis variable ; spire broadly 

 conoid, olitusc at the ape.\, whorls live, rather convex, 

 the last whorl large, inflated, sometimes obsoletely 

 angled ; columella pinkish, nearly straight, twisted at 

 the base, slightly truncated ; apiulure luuar-suboval, 

 shining milk-white within ; edge of the lip violet-red, 

 expanded, slightly reflected, margins joined by a tliin 

 sliining callosity diffused inwards. 



Ferussac, Prodrome, p. 323, Hist. Moll. pi. 109. f. 1-3. 



Hab. Islands of Masbate, Guimaras, and Ncgros, Philip- 

 pines. 



This fine species is extremely variable botli in colour 



and in the pattern afforded by the layers of epidermis, di- 

 vested of which, it has the appearance represented by 

 Ferussac. 



Species 6. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix tdrbinoides. Hel. testd imperforatd, conico-glo- 

 bosd, liueis incremeuli oblique striata, viridi, fatciia 

 albis hi/drop/utiiis citigulatd, apice saturate futvo- 

 ndird; spird obtuse conicd ; anfractibus quinque, tu- 

 midis, ultimo spiram subaquante ; columella arcuatd, 

 purpureo-fuscd ; aperturd lunato-subovali, fere cirru- 

 lari, intus nilUlissime lacted ; peristomate simptici, re- 

 flexo, brunneo-marginato. 



The top-like Helix. Shell imperforated, eonically 

 globose, obliquely striated with lines of growth, green, 

 encircled with white hydrophanous bands, dark ful- 

 vous-red about the apex ; spire obtusely conical ; 

 whorls five, swollen, tlie last nearly equal to the spire ; 

 columella arched, purple-brown ; aperture lunar-sub- 

 oval, nearly eircidar, ghttering milk-white within ; 

 edge of the lip simple, reflected, purpli'-l)rown. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1840. p. 23. 



Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



The colouring of this elegantly formed species, u ricli 

 blue-green, varies only a very little in shade. The spiral 

 bands dilfer according to the arrangement of the epidermis. 



.March, 1851. 



