HELIX. 



Plate XXVI. 



Species 110. (Pig. a, b, c, d, e, Miis. Cuming.) 



Helix anxulata. Uel. testa mperforatd,ocalo-globosd, 

 crasuusculd, aurantid eel cUri>id,/asciis purpureis ni/is 

 et vwlaceo-bntmieM varii omald ; atifraclibus quinque, 

 vix convexiiisciilis, ultimo interdum mibangulalo ; colu- 

 mella lata, crassd, alba, rosea circumdald ; aperlurd 

 rotundato-lunatd, intus albd; peristomate incrassato, 

 expanso, extus rufescente. 



The kinged Helix. Shell imperforated, ovately glo- 

 bose, rather thick, orange or lemon colour, ornamen- 

 ted with purple or red or violet-brown bands ; whorls 

 five in number, rather convex, the last sometimes 

 slightly angled ; columella broad, thick, white, rose- 

 encircled ; aperture rotundately lunar, interior wliite; 

 lip thickened, expanded, reddish without. 

 Soweuby, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1840, p. 1.35. 

 Hab. Province of Ilocos, Island of Luzon, Philippines; 

 Cuming. 



This little thickened species is variously banded, but 

 lias always an orange or yellow ground-tint. Tiie suture 

 of the spire is mostly painted with a deep crimson-red 



Species 111 (Fig. Ill a, b, and Fig. 114, 

 JIus. Cuming.) 



Helix sph^eion. Eel. testa imperforatd, globulosd, 

 tenukuld, strintuld, luteo-fulvd, epidermide non nitente, 

 lenuissimd, ittdutd; spird semiglobosd, apke obtuso, 

 alba, nilido; suturd pallide viarginatd ; anfractiius 

 quatuorad quinque, supremis planulatis, ultimo iujlato ; 

 columella tenui, arcuatd, subexcavatd, albd; aperlurd 

 lunato-ovali, intus lacted, antice fusciduld ; peristomate 

 simpUci, vix expansiuaculo, margine supero antrorsum 

 arcuato. 



The little globe Helix. SheU imperforated, globu- 

 lar, rather thin, finely striated, fulvous-yellow, 

 covered with a thin dull epidermis ; spire semiglobosc, 

 obtuse, white, and shining at the apex ; suture finely 

 edged witii white ; whorls four to five, the uppermost 

 rather flat, the last inflated ; columella thin, arched, 

 subexcavated, white; aperture lunar-oval, brown- 

 tinted towards the front ; lip simple, but little ex- 

 panded, upper edge curved anteriorly. 



SowEKBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1841, p. 2. 



llab. Islands of Leytc and Mindoro, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A light thin globular shell of fulvous or dark chestnut 

 colour, characterized by a fine white edging round by the 

 suture. 



Species 112. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Helix tepiirodes. net. testa imperforatd, .mbgUAou, 

 solidd, ponderosd, fulvescente, undique rufo-futco lati 

 fasciatd, slrigis epidermidis cinerea hydrophan^ feri 

 obtectd; anfractiius quatuor ad quinque, coHtierU, m- 

 premis depressis, rotundatU ; columella lata, alia, «4- 

 arcuatd; aperlurd lunato-subcirculari, intus alba ; 

 peristomate simplici, reflexo. 



The asfi-colocued Helix. ShcU imperforated, subglo- 

 bose, solid, ponderous, yellowish, encircled through- 

 out with broad red-brown b.inds, almost covcreti with 

 streaks of ash-coloured hydrophanous epidermis; 

 whorls four to five, convex, the uppermost depn^ssed, 

 rounded; columella broad, white, sUghtly arched; 

 aperture lunar-sulicircidar, white within ; lip simple, 

 reflected. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1842, p. 151. 



Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



This partakes very much of the characters of U. Itydro- 

 plmna and melaformi.%. M three are probably different 

 states of one and the same species. 



Species 113. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Jonasi. Eel. testd imperforatd, globoto-conoided, 

 solidiusculd, lavigatd, non nitente, pallide ciretetntr , 

 spird obtuse conicd ; anfractiius quinque, ronrenWWu, 

 ultimo bast suhplanato ; columelld alia, obliqud : 

 aperlurd lunari ; peristomate brcviter incrassato, mar- 

 gine columellari siibditatnlo, appresso. 



JoNAs's Helix. Shell imperforated, glol)osely conoid, 

 rather solid, smooth, not shining, pale scn-grren . 

 spire obtusely conical ; whorl.* live, rather convci. 

 the hist rather flattened nt the base; eolumelln while, 

 oblique; aperture lunar; lip shortly thickened, eoli.- 

 mellar margin slightly dilated, oppressed. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1^45, p. 126. 



Eab. Island of .Mindoro, l'hili|)pincs ; Cuming. 



This is apparently a white shell, its light sca-grtrn co- 

 louring being chiefly due to the presence of n thin epi- 

 dermis. 



June, 1851. 



