HELIX. 



Plate XXXI. 



Species 132. (Fig. a,b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix xanthotkicha. Hel. testa obtecte suiumbilicatd, 

 siibdepressd, cinnamomed, interdum fanciatd, mpenii 

 el tdtra periplierinm regulariter et minute yranuLatd, 

 epidermide veltUind indutd, pills confertis, brmibws, 

 aureht ; suturd profimdd ; mifractdtus sex, voluwlalin, 

 uUimu basi glabn, nilido ; aperlurd laid, Ittuari, 

 iiilm lacted, fusco-marginatd ; perislomate simplici, 

 acu/o, margine columellari valde incrassalo. 

 The yei.low-haired Helix. Shell conccaledly slightly 

 umbilicated, rather depressed, cinnamon-coloured, 

 sometimes banded, regularly and minutely granulated 

 above and beyond the peripherj', covered with a fleet-y 

 epidermis, of which the hairs are close-set, short, 

 and of a golden colour ; suture deep ; whorls six, 

 rounded, the last smooth and shining at the base ; 

 aperture broad, lunar, milk-white witliin, edited with 

 brown ; lip simple, sharp, columellar edge much 

 tiiickened. 

 Heli-x veltitina, Sowerby (not of Lamarck), Pro. Zool. Soc. 

 1841, p. 25. 



Helix xantlwtricha, Pfeiffer. 

 An eadem var. ? Helix Morchiana, Pfeiffer. 

 Hab. Islands of Guimaras aud Xegros, Philippines ; Cum- 

 ing. 

 The shell represented at Fig. 132 a is the variety which 

 Dr. Pfeiffer has now elevated to the rank of a species. 

 It is of lighter substance and banded, but is charac- 

 terized by precisely the same peculiar granulated sculp- 

 ture and yellow hairs. 



Species 133. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Helix Zebcensis. Hel. testa imperforatd, depressd, 

 saturali rufd, epidermide libera, hjdraphand, riigtdosd, 

 variegald vel omnino obducld, acute carinatd, basi scrpe 

 multifasciatd et radiatd, apice nitidd, nigricante ; aii- 

 fraclibus quatuor ad quinque, jdaniusculis, ultimo vix 

 dejiexij ; columella snhrectd, derlivi, callmd ; aperlurd 

 securiformi, intus nilide ctsrulescente ; peristomate su- 

 penie tenue expamo, basi iucrassato, rejiexo. 



The Zebc Helix. Shell imperforated, depressed, dark 

 red, variegated or altogether covered with a free 

 wrinkled hydrophanous epidermis, often many-banded 

 and rayed at the base, shining and l)larkish at the 



July, 



apex ; whorls four to five, rather Hat, the last scared) 



deflected ; columella nearly straight, shintiji!,', callous ; 



aperture wedge-shaped, shining pale blue nnthiu ; 



lip sometimes thin, expanded, thickened and rcllectcd 



at the base. 

 Carocolla Zebueiisia, Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S41, p. 46. 

 Hab. Island of Zebu, Philippines ; Cuming. 



The epidermis of this very interesting species is some- 

 times obliquely tessellated as at Fig. a, b, and sometinifs 

 plain as at Fig. c, d ; but in the latter cas« it is thicker and 

 of a fibrous texture. 



Species 134. (Fig. a,b, Mus. Cuminor.) 



Helix gushiata. Hel. testa iul/umbilicatd, comnj-rui- 

 depressd, superne striis longitudinalibus et transcfriii 

 minutim decwisatd, fused, absque nitore, epidtnnidf 

 gummaced indutd, basi ttevi, nitidianinid, fwiro-luten' 

 cente, fascia laid luted ad peripheriam, latiore rufd 

 subtu-i circumdald ; aiifractibwH sex ad septem, rvn- 

 vexis, angu-His ; aperlurd lata, lunari ; peristottiale 

 si/nplici, margine columellari incrasnato, rejiexo, urn- 

 bilicum fere obiegente. 



The GiMMED Helix. Shell slightly umbilicated, coni- 

 caUy sul)dcpressed, minutely decussated at the uppt-r 

 part with longitudinal and transverse strite, bnjwn, 

 not shining, covered with a gummed epidermis, bast 

 smooth, very shiuing, brownish-yellow, ('iicircled 

 with a broad yellow band at the periphery and a 

 broader red tiaud underneath ; whorls six to j<-ven, 

 convex, narrow ; aperture broad, lunar ; lip simplr. 

 columellar edge thickened, reflected, almost covcriiis; 

 the umbilicus. 



Soweuhy, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1841, p. 23. 

 Helix luteo-fasciata, Lea. 



Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Well ciiaracterized by the upper portion of the whoris 

 having a peculiar gummcd-like epidennis \\\ion them, 

 while below this they are shiny as pora-lain. 



Spcciis ly.). l-Mus. CuiiiiiigJ 



Helix SETIGEIIA. Hel. trstd obtecti subumbilicatd, inb- 

 ■lemigloiosd. tenui, briimied, medio el mptmi grami- 



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