HELIX.— Plate XIX. 



Valksciennes, Oratcloup, Trans. Soc. Nat. Hist. Bor- 



(Icnui, vol. xi. p. 397. pi. 4. f. 12. 



flelijT hruHiua, Sowcrby. 

 Uab. Isluiid of Mindoru, Philippines ; Cuming. 



All extremely interesting species, allied in form and 

 general aspect to H. Pan, but perfectly distinrt on com- 

 parison. 



Species 81. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mklix ttrbo. Flel. U»td impetforaid, turbiiiala, toli- 

 diuaeuUi, distiiicte striata, tub epidennide ietiuusima, 

 decidua, JiavetcenU, alba, medio rufo-fasciatu ; spird 

 conoided, oblusd; aH/raclibiu quinque, planimculi.'i, 

 ulliino obsolete angulalo, bati vix convexo, coliimetld 



iiibverlicali, dilatato, albido ; apertura irregulariter 

 luitari ; perialoiiuUe crpaiuo, margine columel/ari di- 

 latato, rejleio. 



The Toi' Hei.i.\. Shell imperforated, turbinated, rather 

 solid, distinctly striated, white, faintly red-banded in 

 the middle, bcnc«th a very thin deciduous yellow- 

 ish epidermis ; spire conoid, obtuse ; whorls tive, 

 rather flat, last whorl obsoletely angled, base slightly 

 convex ; eoluinella subvcrtical, diLited, whitish ; 

 aperture irregularly luiuir; lip expanded, coliimellar 

 i;dge dilated, reflected. 



Pfeikfer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1845, p. 64. 



llnli. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The epidermis of this species is of a thin horny charac- 

 ter, and does not form any pattern upon the shell. 



