HELIX 



Pi-ate VI. 



Species 26. (Fig. a to i; Mus. Ciuning.) 



Helix pulcheekima. Ilel. testa aubglobond.imperfaratd, 

 unicolore vel coloribm variii pulchre pictd, plerumque 

 epidermide albidd elegantiMimi retumlato-fasciatd ; 

 spira parmtld, obtuse conoided, apice nitide sanguined ; 

 anfractibus qttatnor ad quinque, canvexis, ultimo valde 

 inflato, ad columellam excavate ; columella obliqud, 

 albido-callosd, siiperne obsolete unidentatd ; aperlurd 

 /mmio-circulari, intus nitidissimd ; peristomate sim- 

 ptici, expan-so. 



The veby beautiful Helix. Shell imperforated, sub- 

 globose, of one uniform colour, or beautifully painted 

 with various colours, generally very elegantly rcticu- 

 latcly banded with a whitish cpidennis ; spire rather 

 small, obtusely conoid, shining blood-rose tint at the 

 apex ; whorls four to five, convex, last whorl much 

 inflated, excavated at the columella ; columella ob- 



lique, white and callous, obsoletely one-toothed at 



the upper part ; aperture lunar-circular, \ery shining 



witliin ; lip simple, expanded. 

 SowERBY, Tro. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 90. 

 Hab. Province of C'agayan, Island of Luzon, Philippines ; 



Cuming. 



The colours and varieties of epidemiis-pattcm ex- 

 hibited in tliis beautilul species are so numerous, that the 

 accompanying ten figures are insufficient to illustrati' it 

 fidly. The prevailing (X)lours are dark chestnut, rest-, 

 and yellow, and all are remarkable for their peculiar deli- 

 cacy and clearness. The lip is white, mostly edged with 

 rose, and the apex is generally rose, whether the body of 

 the shell is hght or dark-coloured. 



Mr. Cuming collected this species in the ialand of 

 Luzon, where he discovered it in aU its varieties within 

 a very limited area. 



March, 1851. 



